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3.89 AVERAGE
3.89 AVERAGE
challenging
emotional
hopeful
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
sad
slow-paced
I stuck with it till the end because I wanted to see how the story would play out, but struggled throughout with the voice.
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I don’t know how I ended up reading two books in the same month about the Scoop Baby era, but here we are. Between 1945-1970s unwed teenager mothers were sent off to maternity homes to have their unborn kids coerced away or just outright stolen and adopted by wealthy, white families struggling with infertility.
This is a story about Lorraine, who gets pregnant after she lost her virginity to her boyfriend Clint. She is shamed by her parents and sent off during the last 3 months of her pregnancy. Clint decides she should have the baby on her own or get an abortion and goes on to live his life consequence free.
Lorraine was a smart girl, the first girl lifeguard in her town and dreamed of space travel. She was working to be valedictorian of her school until she got pregnant. She meets a librarian while at the maternity house and has a new goal, to get her GED. She goes into labor before she can take the test.
This book does a good job of telling Lorraine’s story from her perspective as an unwilling birth mom of a child adopted to another family. Adoption is still full of corruption and very skewed toward adoptive parents.
This is a story about Lorraine, who gets pregnant after she lost her virginity to her boyfriend Clint. She is shamed by her parents and sent off during the last 3 months of her pregnancy. Clint decides she should have the baby on her own or get an abortion and goes on to live his life consequence free.
Lorraine was a smart girl, the first girl lifeguard in her town and dreamed of space travel. She was working to be valedictorian of her school until she got pregnant. She meets a librarian while at the maternity house and has a new goal, to get her GED. She goes into labor before she can take the test.
This book does a good job of telling Lorraine’s story from her perspective as an unwilling birth mom of a child adopted to another family. Adoption is still full of corruption and very skewed toward adoptive parents.
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I need to know that Clint ends up miserable. Also, the story is pretty good but some of the writing is a little overwrought. Really dramatic ends of chapters do more telling than showing.
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated