I agree. I didn't mention this in my review, but the book also has sections that tell even more adoption stories from different perspectives. It was a touch confusing, honestly, until I realized these sections didn't relate directly to the story. They were just giving more perspective, which I thought was great. It added an extra something to the novel, even though it's a little confusing at first.

Very true. Adoption can be expensive and tough and devastating. We were lucky to be a little older when we adopted so we had the money to hire a private lawyer to facilitate everything. That made things go faster and smoother.

Navigating things with birthparents is another tricky thing. I know people who have very open adoptions and others who have no interaction at all with the birthparents. Ours is a closed adoption, by the birthmother's choice, so we haven't seen or communicated with her since our daughter was born.

Oh, are you? I didn't know that. How great! Yes, I also loved how the author showed so many different perspectives, too. Adoption isn't always perfect, obviously, and parenting an adopted child is just as tough as with a biological child, even more so sometimes.