msreadmoore 's review for:

Small Damages by Beth Kephart

5.0

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It astounded me how much such a small book could portray so many different kinds of love. Love for a child. Love for a mother who is not your birth mother. Love for a country that is not your own. And perhaps the hardest in this world to learn - loving yourself. Such a powerful story of healing, opening your heart, and allowing yourself to love and be loved. My story of becoming a mother shares little resemblance to Kenzie's story, yet I felt so many of the same emotions she did - being fearful of making the wrong choices, wondering what my baby would choose if she knew the options, and of loving the life inside me so much that I knew I would never be the same person. Beautiful story. Beautiful storytelling. #mademecry