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Such a good book! I have not read anything about adoption until now, and I feel like this was a perfect start. It was very heartfelt and educational; it made me think of my own Black friends who were adopted, in a different way; it made me think differently of how they‘ve talked about future parenting prospects in their lives. Adoption is raved about by the anti-abortion crowd, and white saviors. There is so much that isn‘t said, that is ⬇️

Very insightful, taking the reader along on her journey, giving first hand accounts of the adoption process or should I say, the Black experience into becoming a mother, the myths and misperceptions that surrounds it. Nefertiti does a great job at deconstructing this bias in her memoir:hoping to erase the stereotypes of this very uneven playing field within Black Motherhood.

This has been on my TBR since I was pregnant and my son is almost three now...I am finally getting to read it.

1. Tagged. Finished it yesterday.
2. I think Lady Darby and Veronica Speedwell would make a great detective duo!
3. I can go for either if it‘s done well. I really like multiple POVs in The Guest List and the His Dark Materials series.

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I‘m not the target audience for this book, but found it extremely interesting. This is a memoir about a Black single woman wanting to adopt a Black baby in America. The prejudice, the process, raising a black boy in America, hyper masculinity, and how black children are treated differently when they act the same as their white peers. It‘s also about her relationship with her parents and family. I would recommend this book to anyone.

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I enjoyed learning about her life and her journey to adoption. The story is heartwarming while still engaging the challenges of being a black mom in a white world.

Great book. Not sure what drove me to read it, but it‘s worth the time. Good insight into one woman‘s childhood in Black adoption (her term) to being a foster/adoptive mother. #snuggleinandread is over. 9 hours and 6 minutes into #24B4Monday. 7 hours and 23 minutes for #DeweysReadathon.

#Bookandboardgame portion of #snuggleinandread. Up to 7 hours and 44 minutes for #24B4Monday and 6 hours and 1 minute in #DeweysReadathon. For me, this is pretty good!

Disembarked to the library as there was so much coughing going on. Continuing #snuggleinandread. I‘m at 4 hours and 58 minutes for #24B4Monday and 3 hours and 15 minutes for #Deweysreadathon.

Reading on the porch during my library‘s #snuggleinandread. Currently 3 hours and 52 minutes into #24B4Monday, and 2 hours and 9 minutes into #DeweysReadathon.

This memoir of adoption and motherhood by Neferiti Austin also provides a much needed voice of black women adopting black children. She covers the process, dealing with birth families, dealing with new forms of mansplaining, and funny moments like teaching her son to pee standing up.⤵️

Next up. Out in September.

The next book for #24B4Monday. @TheReadingMermaid @Andrew65

Finished so far: The Optimistic Decade, All Ships Follow Me, Like This Afternoon Forever, and Gravity Well. I‘m not going to reach 24 hours, or even close but I‘d say that this has been pretty successful so far even so. (Gatsby continues to ignore me and all the books.) #schnauzersoflitsy