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You can tell what really makes Simone different just by looking at her: she doesn't resemble anyone in her family. She's adopted. She's always known it, but she's never wanted to know anything about where she came from. She's happy with her family just as it is, thank you.
Then one day, Rivka calls, and Simone learns who her mother was—a 16-year-old, just like Simone. Who is Rivka? What does she want? Why is she calling now, after all these years? The answers lead Simone to deeper feelings of anguish and love than she has ever known and prompt her to question everything she has taken for granted about faith, the afterlife, and what it means to be a daughter.
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Ryu Hoon
reviewed A Brief Chapter in My Impossible Life on March 08, 2020 A Brief Chapter in My Impossible Life
This was Dana Reinhardt's debut novel. I am so impressed! The writing was excellent and flowed well. There were many touchy topics in this novel. Teen pregnancy, adoption, atheism, agnosticism, Christianity, Judaism. But this story isn't so much about religion as it is about a young girl's place in this world, and how religion, whether she liked it or not, played such a huge role in who ultimately raised her, and how.
For readers who dislike excessive (or even any) references to religion in their reading material, I would still recommend that you read this book. We grow more tolerant when we educate ourselves about the many cultural and religious differences that make up our global community. Young Simone is a girl after my own heart. She doesn't accept a subservient role for women anywhere in her life, be it by the demands of a religious dictate or a social custom. Simone's adoptive mother, a civil rights lawyer, is her role model in this regard. Civil rights, and not any religious label, are what is important to her family: Simone had a loving, supportive family. At first, she didn't want to meet her birth mother, but she is ultimately glad that she had time with Rivka. I won't give you any spoilers with this review, but keep a box of tissues handy. And no, there aren't any trite story lines here. This story was very true to life. Even Simone's relationship with Zack was realistic: boys really are that unaware of how much reassurance and attention young girls need during the dating process.
Just a great story, and I will definitely be reading more of Dana Reinhardt's books! Highly recommended.
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