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A review by rachelelizabeth
All You Can Ever Know by Nicole Chung
5.0
"all members of a family have their own ways of defining the others. all parents have ways of saying things about their children as if they are indisputable facts, even when children don't believe them to be true at all. it's why so many of us sometimes feel alone or unseen, despite the real love we have for our families and they for us."
this book was beautiful. i read it in one sitting. we follow nicole who is a trans-racial adoptee, she is korean, and her adopted family is white. she talks about the struggles of that experience, but also balances it with her biological family's perspective that she learned later in life. a gorgeous story that felt like i was reading a novel. this book was done so well, and i highly recommend.
"if adopting a certain child is dated, ordained, it is easier to gloss over real loss and inequity, to justify the separation of a parent and a child."
this book was beautiful. i read it in one sitting. we follow nicole who is a trans-racial adoptee, she is korean, and her adopted family is white. she talks about the struggles of that experience, but also balances it with her biological family's perspective that she learned later in life. a gorgeous story that felt like i was reading a novel. this book was done so well, and i highly recommend.
"if adopting a certain child is dated, ordained, it is easier to gloss over real loss and inequity, to justify the separation of a parent and a child."