Firstly, a warm thank you to Editor Barbara Harris Leonhard for giving my poem
a nesting place in her magazine on the World Wide Web.
For those unfamiliar with Masticadores USA, here’s a #writerslift
- This collaboration grows my reach.
- The English editions of Masticadores are breaking records in views.
- According to the head editor, Masticadores is expected to reach 400,000
views by the end of 2023 at this rate. - Also, MasticadoresUSA has reached 51,000 views! Wow, right?
- Anyone can be part of this growing community! Get submission details
at the Masticadores link when you visit. - Thanks for the support. I bless you.
My post today is the book review of a lovely memoir I devoured late in December.
Here’s the beginning of what I told the Amazon and Goodreads audience.
What strength, what compassion! Honest, I couldn’t put it down…
The mark of a truly great book is whenever I’m done reading it, I continue to think about it. In the case of this book, A Grafted Tree, A Memoir of Adoption, Disability, Identity,
and Family by Kathleen Tumminello—emotive prose, heart-achingly selfless, warm,
and vivid representation of adoptive parents with huge hearts who, like any parent, are
looking for inclusion for their children—I kept turning the pages fast, hoping to get to
the end sooner to find out just how this story ends (for now, as it’s ongoing).
This book spoke to me with compassion and resonated with my mother’s heart and by
the end of my first “fast” read-through, I found good purchase at how the “situation”
was resolved. The ending is most beautiful—how I like stories to end, and now this
book occupies a special spot in my heart and shelf.
Knowing this, I set to read the book one more time to savor each line of this literary
memoir. Now I could understand the analogy and genius of the title. Now I could “feel”
the intimate words expressed by this Author and hold her …
It would please me so much if you’d continue reading the rest of this review
at Masticadores USA. Thanks sincerely.
I can’t recommend “A Grafted Tree” enough…
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<3, it sounds wonderful
Beth, 🤗
Oh wow, how awesome Selma. Congrats my friend and thanks for your generous spirit! I’m sure Kathleen appreciates it! 🤗🙏🏼😊
My pleasure. 😇
Heading over to read.
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The book sounds amazing.
It’s a
It’s amazing. Thanks 🤗
😀