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The Amazon Store at MillionDollarPetPix.com ( In association with Amazon.com )The Mistress's Daughterby: A. M. Homes  List Price: $29.95 Price: $8.83 You Save: $21.12 (71%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Dewey Decimal Number: 362.734092 Edition: Unabridged Format: Bargain Price Label: Penguin Audio Manufacturer: Penguin Audio Number Of Items: 5 Number Of Pages: 6 Publication Date: April 05, 2007 Publisher: Penguin Audio Studio: Penguin Audio Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: Unabridged CDs - 5 CDs, 6 hours An acclaimed novelist's riveting memoir about what it means to be adopted and how all of us construct our sense of self and family. Average Rating:
 Rating: - Kinda like watching someone else's family videosPerhaps if I was adopted or into tracing my family's ancestry, I would have enjoyed this book more. For me, reading this book was like watching someone else's family videos. I could understand how the process was deeply affecting for her, but the story didn't connect with me emotionally. Rating:  - Just AwfulI enjoy reading memoirs so I though I would give this book a shot. The audio version was PAINFUL (as in oh, my can I possibly listen to yet another disc) --the voice so dry and monotone with long pauses between words in some instances. The reader almost sounded like she was in a deep deep state of depression and could not go on a minute more. It took me 2 months to finish. I kept thinking it would get better but it never did. Fortunately, I did not pay good money for this so all I was ... Read More Rating: - I can't even finish this...I picked up this book and started reading it and I honestly have tried to finish but I just can't. I bought it hoping to understand more of what an adoptee might feel. I know, this is what A.M. Homes feels, however, it is so depressing, whiney, and pitiful that I just don't want to go on as it probably will get no better and will most likely become worse. I should know better than to buy a book before reading a review here, which is what I did this time. I won't make that mistake again! Rating:  - boring, mediocre writingThe writer doesn't do a good job of describing her life and who she is, so it's hard to care about what happens to her. Maybe it would work if you were already a fan of her writing, but I was unfamiliar with the writer when I picked up this book. The book is oddly paced; for some reason she builds up a lot of anticipation about the second time she meets her birth mother but doesn't build up the drama in other places where one would expect it. What is she thinking and feeling as these things are unfolding? ... Read More Rating:  - Searching For an IdentityA. M. Homes always knew she was adopted. She spent her life trying to discover where she `fit in'. When Homes was 31, her biological mother contacted her. This is the story of Homes' struggle with her identity, as well as her attempts to connect with her birth parents. While reading this book, I was struck by just how honest Homes is about her thoughts and feelings. The basic story of her adoption is what captures your attention, but it is her powerful story telling that keeps the tale interesting. ... Read More 
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