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You Should Be Grateful: Stories of Race, Identity, and Transracial Adoption by Angela Tucker

4.54 AVERAGE

chelseajwood's review against another edition

4.5
challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

pmhandley's review

4.0
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A different perspective on adoption than I feel like we're used to seeing. So much is attention is paid to adoptive parents and their process of "getting" a child, we don't see nearly as many stories by adoptees themselves. We see even fewer that also force us to look at what birth families are put through and how little support is given to the pregnant person. This is an important read just for the way it educates about how to talk about adoption, adoptees and their families without being insensitive and how child-centered adoption is important. It's pretty ludicrous the author still gets feedback on how she was "offending" her adoptive parents in the way she speaks about adoption and birth families - not just because that is an inappropriate thing to say or think to begin with, but also because, if anything, the author has nothing but praise for her parents and especially her mother. She goes out of her way to mention how supportive her mother is and how she gave her space to process. 
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mpatterson610's review against another edition

5.0
Incredible book. Gave me so much to think about, gave me so many feels, and had so many relatable parts
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belowaveraj's review

3.5
emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
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yourlocallibraryfan's review

5.0
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frances_chan's review

5.0
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trinak's review

4.25
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morebookspls's review

5.0
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So many different perspectives on adoption. Angela’s search for her biological family is emotional and challenging. It should be required reading for anyone considering adoption. 
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piggyreadsbooks's review

4.25
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bileducks's review

challenging emotional informative medium-paced