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Marylee McDonald has written an honest, heart wrenching and compassionate memoir. Surrender is a...
I found this double story of Marylee's own adoption and the giving up of her first son for...
Surrender by Marylee MacDonald is a memoir of nature, nurture, and love. I always dislike...
This is only the second memoir I have read and i wasn't entirely sure if I would like it but I...
Anyone who has watched Long Lost Family knows how interesting adoption stories can be and we are...
This is a book that is from a genre that I donβt usually read from. So in the beginning I did not...
Marylee MacDonald transports us back to the 1960s where she finds herself falling for a young...
The title of this book drew me in as well as the subject, since itβs a memoir of a woman as she...
Memoirs are always tough for me to read, because I get myself wrapped up in all the authorβs...
I have really been enjoying memoirs lately, and Marylee's story was no different. My heart broke...
Reading a memoir is an amazing way to see a small snap shoot of someone's life. Basically people...
β β β β β *No quote because I already sent this off to my aunt to read before jotting down my...
I sadly have to say that I have placed this book as a "Did Not Finish." When I read my first...
I thought this book was beautifully done! You really connect with the author and her experience....
Wow! This book was such an amazing read. First, letβs talk about that awesome cover. I loved how...
I was very excited to read this book as I don't read many memoirs. Being pregnant myself right...
I don't read nonfiction very often. This however was a wonderfully written memoir that I am so...
This book was quite gut wrenching and emotional for me so I could just imagine having to be the...
This book really transported you back to the 60s and how different life was back then especially...
This is a beautifully written book that tugs at your heartstrings. I am not an avid reader of...
Brilliant book. This story hit home for me. When I was sixteen, I became pregnant with a boy I...
I really enjoyed reading Marylee's perspective on both surrendering a child, and being adopted...
I don't usually read memoirs, so this book was way out of my comfort zone. I was very nervous...
**Thank you to Bookish First, Grand Canyon Press, and Marylee MacDonald for providing an advanced...
This author has a unique view of adoption, as she's both adopted herself and surrendered a child...
Let me preface this by saying, first, I don't read a lot of memoirs. Second, I am not an adoptee,...
Surrender is the perfect title for this book. The author has experienced so much of that in her...
In a time in the not so distant past when girls and women werenβt given options so much as a...
Marylee MacDonald told a difficult story, that of her life since age 15. The story, however, was...
Surrender is the memoir of Marylee MacDonald, and it details her adoption story - both as the...
What a touching and heart wrenching memoir. The unbelievable happenstance of tragedy happening...
First of all the writing was very well written. I truly loved this book. I was very surprised...
A moving, emotional memoir about what happened to the author before, during and after placing a...
Right off the bat, I want to say that I am not a huge fan of the Memoir genre of books. Most of...
I received an ARC from BookishFirst, Grand Canyon Press, and the author in exchange for my honest...
I redeemed my saved points on a copy of this book. The author shares her story of being adopted...
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