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Claire, who has always known that she was adopted, travels to Ireland to find her birth mother and to discover why she was given up for adoption.

Aside from following Claire's story, we also follow Norah's (the birth mother) journey, and what ultimately led to the events that played out, play out.

If you're expecting a happy mother/daughter reunion, especially as Claire has a full sister from Norah, Brigid, then you will be disappointed. We are shown Claire would rather keep her secrets and protect the girl's birth father than confront the truth and face scorn from everyone else.

While not everything is completely resolved, I enjoyed how this story ended, and it also shows that those who are on similar journeys to Claire, don't always get the information they want.

Norah has been hiding a terrible secret from her family for decades, until Claire comes to Ireland to find her birth mother and discover why she was given up for adoption. There is no happy mother/daughter reunion but there is no mistaking that Claire is a full sister to Norah’s daughter Brigid. Eventually, Claire discovers that the family that chooses you is the family you were meant to have.

This book was sent to me by Netgalley for review. This is a quick read about discovering one’s roots. The protagonist was adopted and wanted to find her birth parents. The journey took her from America to Ireland where she discovered her family. Her American relatives waited for her return. There were so many curves in the road on her journey, that she learned important lessons. This is a sweet book.

This book was predictable. I requested it due to its setting in Ireland but that said, I did not enjoy it. An adopted woman trying to find her biological mother introduces her to a set of problems that she did not anticipate. I will not be recommending it.

I marked this at first Dnf , however I’m not a quitter and went back and finished it and well my opinion didn’t change ! I feel this book just wasn’t for me it was hard to get into I felt the writing was off !