Sheinmel, Courtney My So-Called Family, 194 p. Simon and Schuster, 2008. $16
Content: G
MS - OPTIONAL
Leah Hoffman-Ross Doesn't know her father because he was a donor at Lyon's Reproductive Services. Now mom is remarried and Leah has a little half-brother, but the unanswered questions about her father still eat at her. Then she discovers the Lyon Sibling Registery and suddenly Leah has four more half siblings. But mom doesn't want the old life choices interfering with the new family, so she doesn't want to hear anything about new siblings. Leah and her mother are ready to butt heads in a big way.
This is the first book that I remember reading addressing the children of reproductive donors. While not fabulous, it certainly is interesting and it addresses an issue that effects an ever-increasing portion of our population.
CINDY
Content: G
MS - OPTIONAL
Leah Hoffman-Ross Doesn't know her father because he was a donor at Lyon's Reproductive Services. Now mom is remarried and Leah has a little half-brother, but the unanswered questions about her father still eat at her. Then she discovers the Lyon Sibling Registery and suddenly Leah has four more half siblings. But mom doesn't want the old life choices interfering with the new family, so she doesn't want to hear anything about new siblings. Leah and her mother are ready to butt heads in a big way.
This is the first book that I remember reading addressing the children of reproductive donors. While not fabulous, it certainly is interesting and it addresses an issue that effects an ever-increasing portion of our population.
CINDY
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