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A review by louisekf
He Gets That From Me by Jacqueline Friedland
5.0
What makes a family? As soon as I read the premise of this book, I knew I wanted to read it. With a close male family member in a single-sex relationship, this story of two men who want to be dads resonated with me. I was very interested in their “adventure” with surrogacy. And this novel did not disappoint!
Without rehashing the entire plot, the essence is that the surrogacy happens and the men have two sons. Ten years later, they do one of those DNA testing services and find out something puzzling about one of their boys. What happens after that? You’ll have to read the book to find out!
Chapters are told from the point of view of either one of the dads, Donovan, or the surrogate, Maggie. I particularly loved that some events were told from both points of view. I really connected with Donovan. It was a bit harder for me to connect with Maggie but she grew on me near the very end of the book. It was also great to see some Jewish representation without stereotyping.
This book will take you on an emotional roller coaster ride. Highly recommended.
Thank you to NetGalley and Spark Press for the opportunity to read an advance readers copy of this book. All opinions are my own.
Without rehashing the entire plot, the essence is that the surrogacy happens and the men have two sons. Ten years later, they do one of those DNA testing services and find out something puzzling about one of their boys. What happens after that? You’ll have to read the book to find out!
Chapters are told from the point of view of either one of the dads, Donovan, or the surrogate, Maggie. I particularly loved that some events were told from both points of view. I really connected with Donovan. It was a bit harder for me to connect with Maggie but she grew on me near the very end of the book. It was also great to see some Jewish representation without stereotyping.
This book will take you on an emotional roller coaster ride. Highly recommended.
Thank you to NetGalley and Spark Press for the opportunity to read an advance readers copy of this book. All opinions are my own.