“A much needed look at a subject ignored by most writers. I recommend it to everyone connected with adoption.” Continue reading
Category: Book Reviews
Betty Jean Lifton said…
“Zara Phillips tell us what its like to be adopted as she rocks and howls from adopteehood to motherhood.”
Bob Geldof says…
“This is a brave and compelling book. It’s also a probably much needed “how to” and “why to” step-by-step guide through the awful emotional turbulence of adoption. Zara was always talented and driven. Now I know why.” Continue reading
Dr. Paul M Fleiss says…
“Many adopted parents feel that if they just love their adopted baby enough it will heal all their wounds. Parents need to be aware of the full range of issues they will face in raising an adopted child so they can recognize and deal with the inherent feelings of rejection and abandonment that occur when a child is raised by someone other than their biological parents. Mother me is an honest portrayal of these and other issues.”
Nimmy March says…
“As an adoptee and mother of three ourselves, Zara H Phillips and her book Mother Me has touched parts that no other could even know existed. Hurrah for Zara H Phillips! She has compassionately expressed, with at times alarmingly forthright clarity so much that is hard to articulate about the adoption experience.” Continue reading
Nicole Burton says…
” No one else has covered the terrain that Zara Phillips’ memoir, MOTHER ME, explores; that is, how closed adoption affects adopted adults when we become parents. You’d never believe that adoption would an inter-generational condition but it turns out it is. Continue reading
Judy Miller says…
“Society needs to recognise children who have been adopted, or who have been in and out of foster care, and acknowledge that they may experience grief and problems and sadness.” –Zara Phillips, in the introduction of her memoir, Mother Me
In Mother Me author Zara Phillips shares that she always knew she had been adopted. However, adoption was not discussed within her family. While Phillips was close to her mom and grandmother, her father kept her at a distance and she felt “out of place.” Continue reading
Kate Hilpern Says…
“As an adoptee that recently gave birth. I have been struck by how much adoption has re entered by psyche. Phillips explores this issue in Mother me with a rare and profound insight and contextualizes it around her own fascinating story. Its an important topic and high time that someone explored it.”
Darryl McDaniels Says…
“Mother Me captures all the feelings, thoughts and emotions of what all adoptees actually go through.” Continue reading
Eliza and Eric Roberts say…
“Many adopting parents have no tools to understand the children they are adopting. This book is a voice from the inside. Its value and impact are more universal than we can imagine.” Continue reading
