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5つ星のうち 5.0
A book to help us understand adoption.
2011/5/26
By Zoe Ghahremani, author of Sky of Red Poppies. of Red Poppies
- (Amazon.com)
形式:ペーパーバック
As someone who had heard portions of this novel at writer's meetings, now that I have read the entire saga, I'm once again daunted by the waves of emotion that move me. McMahon takes his readers to a world we know little about. His long and painful journey draws a road map for all those who are adopted, have adopted, or naively wondered about it.
This subject is by no means fresh, however, the writer's fine style and his eye for details paint a new, vivid image. The reflections are so fresh and his encounters so unique that sometimes I had the impression this was the first adoption story I would read. Mc Mahon not only tells his own tale of "Becoming Patrick", in a way he embodies every child who was ever adopted. This is a must read for it will shed light on a complicated subject that many assume they understand.
Zohreh Ghahremani
This subject is by no means fresh, however, the writer's fine style and his eye for details paint a new, vivid image. The reflections are so fresh and his encounters so unique that sometimes I had the impression this was the first adoption story I would read. Mc Mahon not only tells his own tale of "Becoming Patrick", in a way he embodies every child who was ever adopted. This is a must read for it will shed light on a complicated subject that many assume they understand.
Zohreh Ghahremani
5 人中、5人の方が、｢このレビューが参考になった｣と投票しています。
5つ星のうち 5.0
A Great Summer Read
2011/7/14
By Carlos Martinez
- (Amazon.com)
形式:ペーパーバック
I just finished "Becoming Patrick" and it was a fascinating read. We read about Patrick's journey to find his birth family, and along the way, he undoubtedly finds himself. This is a must read for adoptees, as well as birth parents and adoptive parents. It is also excellent reading for anyone not directly affected by adoption because Patrick touches on the universal issues of identity, family and relationships.
For members of the adoption triad, Patrick asks the questions that have often posed? Will my adoptive mother be threatened by my search? How will my birth mother react to me contacting her? Why was I abandoned? And more... He also has the additional layer of being born gay. How will his newfound family react to that?
We learn of the obstacles most adoptees face while trying to learn their origins. Archaic laws and disinterested bureaucrats are the guardians of those records that are so dear to adoptees but so out of reach.
"Becoming Patrick" takes you on a touching journey of hope, a struggle to balance the love of two families, and one man's search for his identity. Check it out. You will laugh, and shed a tear or two. But you will go away with a better understanding of what it means to be adopted and realize that adoption isn't a single event. It's a lifelong experience.
For members of the adoption triad, Patrick asks the questions that have often posed? Will my adoptive mother be threatened by my search? How will my birth mother react to me contacting her? Why was I abandoned? And more... He also has the additional layer of being born gay. How will his newfound family react to that?
We learn of the obstacles most adoptees face while trying to learn their origins. Archaic laws and disinterested bureaucrats are the guardians of those records that are so dear to adoptees but so out of reach.
"Becoming Patrick" takes you on a touching journey of hope, a struggle to balance the love of two families, and one man's search for his identity. Check it out. You will laugh, and shed a tear or two. But you will go away with a better understanding of what it means to be adopted and realize that adoption isn't a single event. It's a lifelong experience.
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5つ星のうち 5.0
A Beautifully Written and Remarkably Candid Memoir
2011/8/8
By Corie S.
- (Amazon.com)
形式:ペーパーバック
I was reminded of other memoirists (Elizabeth Gilbert comes to mind) often while reading BECOMING PATRICK by Patrick McMahon by virtue of the quality of the writing. Patrick sees himself primarily as a visual artist (photography), but he is an exceptional writer as well. The difference between (for instance) Gilbert's seminal EAT, PRAY, LOVE and Patrick's work is (for me) that while I do love Gilbert's writing, I found myself growing weary of the repeating self absorption in her first book. This never happened in Becoming Patrick. Patrick's story reads like imaginative fiction while Patrick's writing is of the highest journalistic quality. He is, after all, reporting nothing short of his entire life and in the process disclosing a lot of his family's intimate story also. Every time I thought he might (like Gilbert) veer off into a whiny self pitying diatribe, he caught himself up short and displayed a redeeming empathic streak and sometimes a surprisingly self deprecating awareness and sense of humor that is so often missing from memoir. This book captured and held my attention from start to finish. While I plan to give or recommend it to everyone I know within the adoption triad, it is so much more than a book about "adoption". It is a beautiful and beautifully written universal story of "becoming".
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