Rating: 
Summary: an honest and heartfelt read
Review: Green recounts his story of growing up knowing he was adopted. It's a touching story with emotional themes and a lot of fun football anecdotes. An interesting read for anyone involved with a domestic adoption. It's not as applicable to international adoption.
Rating:
Summary: A personal story.
Review: Green recounts his story of growing up knowing he was adopted. It's a touching story with emotional themes and a lot of fun football anecdotes. An interesting read for anyone involved with a domestic adoption. It's not as applicable to international adoption.
Rating: 
Summary: Great insight into life as an adopted male adult
Review: I am an adopted man a few years older than Tim Green. I searched for and found my birth family about two years ago. I found Tim's book to be eminently readable. In fact, I could not put it down. I was moved from cover to cover. I think any reader would be touched by this book, and I think it's a must for any adopted person who has searched or is considering a search. My immediate reaction was to try to find a way to thank Tim Green for writing this book.
Rating:
Summary: Tim Green touches my heart
Review: I am an adopted man a few years older than Tim Green. I searched for and found my birth family about two years ago. I found Tim's book to be eminently readable. In fact, I could not put it down. I was moved from cover to cover. I think any reader would be touched by this book, and I think it's a must for any adopted person who has searched or is considering a search. My immediate reaction was to try to find a way to thank Tim Green for writing this book.
Rating:
Summary: an honest and heartfelt read
Review: I picked this up in the library, I am an adoptee, so I was curious.
I felt as though I was on the same page as Mr. Green a few times during his story, understood where he was coming from.
He seems to be a very thoughtful and honest man, and to open up about something that has touched his life so intimately I think took great courage. I applaude him.
Its a good story, I would read it again.
Rating:
Summary: Well Written
Review: I read this book a little over a year ago and thought the book was very good. I enjoy reading about people's lives and to learn of how they work out things in their lives. It helps us the readers to see that we do have options on working out our own problems. I know Mr. Green has helped quite a few people with his book. I would like to read how things are going for him and natural parents and adopted parents now?
Rating:
Summary: thoughtful and well-written from the adoptee's point of view
Review: I read Tim Green's Book twice, once before
beginning my search, and again after finding
my birth-mother last month. I understood all
too well his feelings of rejection and the
need to pile up credits to "validate" himself
The Kirkus reviewer clearly doesn't understand
the emotional struggle of an adoptee to
reconcile their almost primal need to search
and connect with their past and the fear of
hurting the people they love so much, their
adopted parents! It is unfair that they should
be placed in this position in the first place,
by laws that consider the rights and feelings
of all members of the triad except the adoptee. My second reading of Tim Geen's book was
shortly after I found my birth-mother. Tim
captures only too well the utter panic I
experienced when I dialed the phone and made
contact with my birth-mother for the first
time in 51 years! The Kirkus reviewer may
call it "slick", how fortunate he is not to
have had to feel the terror that you are
about to be rejected again by the person you
so desperately need to finally accept you!!
I felt Tim's anguish when he said "Is anybody
there?" when his birth-mother didn't respond
immediately, and I felt his joy . It would be
a rare reviewer indeed who could do justice
to this book without experiencing what Tim
Green and I have both experienced. To dismiss
this book so glibly is a reflection of the
reviewer's ignorance. This is a book written
by a man who understands both the pain and
the joy, and should be read by all who seek
to understand the plight of an adoptee.
Rating:
Summary: Great insight into life as an adopted male adult
Review: I was given this book by my adoptive parents on my 30th Birthday. I figured I would give it a once over since it was a gift and I wanted to show iterest. I could not put it down once I picked it up. I have a similar story having found both of my biological parents at the same age as Mr. Green did. I was blessed, like Mr. Green, to have had a positive outcome to my search. I found the book well written and honest. I could identify with many of the thoughts, emotions, and experiences Mr. Green described. I also enjoyed it because it was from an adopted male's point of view. It is a great read even if you are not an adopted child or parent of one.
Rating:
Summary: TRUTHFUL, HONEST & TEARFUL
Review: I, too, am adopted, so I read this book with great interest. Green's story is similar to mine so I was very engrossed in finding out what happened in his search. I welled-up with tears in many sections of the book reliving my thoughts, reunions and fears. Very personal story, but very personably written. A must for all who are adopted! You will understand, and have compassion for, many of Green's emotions.
Rating:
Summary: TRUTHFUL, HONEST & TEARFUL
Review: I, too, am adopted, so I read this book with great interest. Green's story is similar to mine so I was very engrossed in finding out what happened in his search. I welled-up with tears in many sections of the book reliving my thoughts, reunions and fears. Very personal story, but very personably written. A must for all who are adopted! You will understand, and have compassion for, many of Green's emotions.
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