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Rock Needs River
Rock Needs River: A Memoir of a Very Open Adoption | Vanessa McGrady
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From a story first told in the popular New York Times parenting blog comes a funny, touching memoir about a mother who welcomes more than a new daughter into her home. After two years of waiting to adopt--slogging through paperwork and bouncing between hope and despair--a miracle finally happened for Vanessa McGrady. Her sweet baby, Grace, was a dream come true. Then Vanessa made a highly uncommon gesture: when Grace's biological parents became homeless, Vanessa invited them to stay. Without a blueprint for navigating the practical basics of an open adoption or any discussion of expectations or boundaries, the unusual living arrangement became a bottomless well of conflicting emotions and increasingly difficult decisions complicated by missed opportunities, regret, social chaos, and broken hearts. Written with wit, candor, and compassion, Rock Needs River is, ultimately, Vanessa's love letter to her daughter, one that illuminates the universal need for connection and the heroine's journey to find her tribe.
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FeministBookClub
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I wanted to love it but it was underwhelming.

keepingupwiththepenguins Gahhh that's the worst - better luck next time! 5y
allureofbeauty Boo. This is on my tbr. 5y
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Mehso-so

My feelings about this book are complicated. It's just that I don't know how I feel about the author. She is interesting yet pretentious. When she writes about her younger days, I think about how cool she was, and then at other parts I'm thinking, "Could you be any more bourgie?" It‘s by turns dull, interesting, and devastating, but I felt as if the author and her daughter were where they needed to be. 3 out of of 5 stars from me.

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niftytiffd
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