Find a Stranger, Say Goodbye

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Summary: Excellent
Review: Find a Stranger, Say Goodbye in my opinion was a gripping and emotional novel. Lowry describes Natalies perfect lifestyle so vividly and also the strains of the fact she has been adopted.
I really enjoyed reading this little novel and advise anyone to read it as it is well worth it. I have to say I nearly cried when I finished the book! It has also inspired me to read more of her books.
Find a Stranger, Say Goodbye is a breath of fresh air for me from all the other superficial teenage novels and seems to delve deeper into peoples real emotions which out of all the other teenage novels I have read have lacked to do.

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Summary: 3rd times a Charm
Review: I have read this book, Find a Stranger, Say Goodbye 2 times now and it is the BEST book I've ever read. Natalie Armstrong had everything beauty,great boyfriend, an early acceptance into collage, a great family, but one thing was missing: Who is my real mother? As Natalie searches for her mother over the summer she has some tough times. But finally she finds her mother. She was happy but not as happy as she would have liked to of been. I highly reccomend this book to anyone who is adopted and wants to find who their bilogical parents are.

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Summary: I love this book!
Review: I loved this book so much! I wrote a review earlier about the content of the book and now I am telling you how much I love this book. It pulls you in, and is very compelling. I have read it twice and I am about to start it again! You should definitely read this book. It shares some very interesting ideas.

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Summary: It's still with me
Review: I read this book for the first time when I was in high school and was dealing with "saying goodbye" to my birthmother. It was such a relief to see what I was feeling actually in words. Seven years later, this book is still one of my favorites. It goes beyond the general circumstances surrounding Natalie's adoption and really gets into what she is feeling and the story behind the adoption in the first place. This is a book that ANYONE who has been adopted needs to read. It's a great novel that stays with you!

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Summary: Very moving
Review: I read this book in my late teens, after having given a child up for adoption at sixteen. It moved me deeply and I have read it several times since. Definitely recommended for anyone who has experienced adoption from either side.

Rating:
Summary: Very moving
Review: I read this book in my late teens, after having given a child up for adoption at sixteen. It moved me deeply and I have read it several times since. Definitely recommended for anyone who has experienced adoption from either side.

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Summary: OUTSTANDING
Review: I read this book in only a few hours. It was so compelling-especially the way every little detail fits together. Learning about Natalie's birth mother was amazing- and you have to read this. It felt so real!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can not explain the way this book made me feel. Buy it!!!!!

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Summary: Find a Stranger, Say Goodbye
Review: I think the book was a good book to expain how adoption works, and how some people choose to deal with adoption. I have been placed and I am lucky to actually know who my birth mom is. I am going to say that the girls(Natalie) search is something that happens all the time with people who don't know who their parents are. It shows how all of the sides of the emotions from the girl, parents, and birthmother feel.

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Summary: It is a good book.
Review: I thought Find a Stranger and, Say Goodbye was a good book. Natalie went through some difficult struggles to find her birth mother. It had some sad points but each chapter was suspenful. It was an awesome book.

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Summary: I wasn't a big fan of Lois Lowry, but this book is great
Review: I wasn't a big fan of Lois Lowry - frankly I always thought of her as the woman who wrote the Anastasia series. Well, I was wrong. I had a math test right after lunch one day and I decided to check out a book from the school library just in case I finished early. I couldn't find any books to read, and so I went to the librarian for any recomendations. She took out a hardcover book by Lois Lowry. I opened it up and didn't think much of it. I then said thank-you, knowing I would NEVER read it. I mean, this book was like, 175 pages, and my 11-year-old brain couldn't possibly seep up all that information.

I was wrong. I read it cover to cover that night and cried. It's a sad, moving book, and a must-read. Even if you're not a fan of Ms. Lowry, you need to read it!