Family Family

Family Family ~ Laurie Frankel

India Allwood, star of a TV show called ‘Val Halla’, lives in Los Angeles with her adopted twins, Fig and Jack. She has recently wrapped a film about the traumas of adoption, on the children, on the families, full of stereotypes about drug addled mothers and absent fathers. India makes a public statement supporting adoption, saying that it is not always about trauma and grief. She is suddenly held up as being pro-life and anti-choice, an impression that is only intensified when it comes out that India gave birth to a child near the end of High School (Bex), and again in college (Lewis), and had them both placed for adoption. It turns out that Fig (now 10) has tracked down Bex, and they have a texting relationship. Fig and Bex hatch a plan to help India manage the Hollywood firestorm that has descended upon her doorstep.

I really loved this book. I loved the relationship between India and her kids, I loved the kids and how they were reaching out to find each other. I loved the adoptive parents and how they clearly loved their children. Highly recommended.

What’s with all the book reviews? I’m participating in NaBloPoMo this month, writing a post a day. I decided that I would write about the books that I have read this year. For more NaBloPoMo participants, check out San’s list.