Thursday, December 9, 2010

Mamalita- An Adoption Memoir, and Giveaway!

So, you all have to know how excited this made me..... I was contacted recently by a publicist from Perseus/ Seal press to do a book review for a blog tour. EXCITED is putting it mildly- I was thrilled to combine two of my favorite things. That is, reading and giving opinions!

MAMALITA- An Adoption Memoir
By Jessica O'Dwyer
Available at all the usual outlets
Here is a promotional trailer on YouTube.

"Mamalita- An Adoption Memoir" describes the journey of Jessica O'Dwyer in her efforts to become a mother. Adoptive parents will immediately recognize this book as real. Real descriptions of real experiences telling the real truth about a process that can be so gratifying and simultaneously frustrating. As most do, Jessica and her husband start with the purest of intentions. Hopeful and excited, she rapidly finds herself struggling to walk an increasingly curved and twisted line, eventually forcing her onto a tightrope with corruption on one side and dissonance on the other. Yet Jessica is blessed with the resources to eventually break through the heavily tainted process. Despite passive incompetence and open hostility, Jessica makes the hard decision to agitate Guatemalan bureaucracy to advocate for her daughter. 
The author takes care to describe realities of adoption and loss, as well as rejoicing in the exhilaration of connecting with a child for the first time. Convincing a confused child to trust is a process, and Jessica's unflinching exploration of building a relationship will only help others understand it is not always a given. Creating a family through adoption is complex. Jessica's dedication and determination, love and loyalty take the reader from the optimistic beginning to the joyful end.

Half the fun of doing a review is of course then doing a giveaway of said book. Assuming no one minds a slightly used book. Here is how you enter- leave me a comment with your email. That's all. Like this: "Hey I want to enter the giveaway- this is my email address blah @ blahbittyblah.com". I tried to think of something fun and clever to leave with your entry, but I got nothing. It's been that kind of week. So, if you have something cute or clever to say go on. Likewise if you have a good joke, share! I could use it! I'll pick a name out of a pot in about a week.

21 comments:

  1. Maeve's mom at hflynn@alphachiomega.org. I really want to win this book. I have a volunteer friend who knows "mamalita" and am hooking her up with a friend who is adopting from the Ukraine. I will gentle read and pass along!

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  2. This looks like a really interesting read. Would love to be entered! (gatsbyandthegirls@hotmail.com)

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  3. I would like to be entered. lsweeney@hvc.rr.com

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  4. I would love to have the book! As all here, I have my adoption story too. Paula at pparsley846@gmail.com
    ...Longtime lurker

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  5. I'd love it! socialwrkr_247@live.com

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  6. Would love the book! Glad it was such a good read.

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  7. We adopted from Guatemala six years ago. I'd be interested to read of others' experiences.

    ericka_scott@sbcglobal.net

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  8. Woohoo! Me! Me! or.. uhmm. I would very much like to read this book, please.

    kingdomofchaos@frontier.com

    And if I win, I promise to end world hunger, bring world peace.. or at least pass the book along to someone else when I'm done :)

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  9. Hey I want to enter the giveaway- this is my email address blah @ blahbittyblah.com, I mean Kelley1717@gmail.com :)

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  10. This book sounds great! You can email me at huesbead@comcast.net should you pick me.

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  11. Hey I want to enter the giveaway- this is my email address only k8 @ yahoo dot com ;>

    Cheers, Es.

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  12. (Obviously, nothing that is cute or clever to say. Have had no water for 24 hours...but two days. Yuck.)

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  13. Having a young daughter from Guatemala and spending much time there, I understand a bit about the process. I have heard a lot about this book and would be interested in reading it. Thanks!
    Suzanne@ixcheltextiles.com

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  14. I've lived it and I still want to read other people's experiences. just call me a glutton for punishment!
    waitingforahren@yahoo.com

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  15. Count me in!
    ana1968@sbcglobal.net

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  16. I'm really glad you don't want anything fun and clever, or I would be immediately disqualified. It's not that kind of day.

    Anyway... my email is write2claudia@gmail.com
    I think I'm going to have to buy thi if I don't win it!

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  17. I wanna be entered, AND, I can save you shipping costs. That should be good for two entries, right? lol!

    :)
    Sarah

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  18. i would love the book:mamalita" please send. email is: emgluckyone_777@yahoo.com

    two jokes:

    why don't ducks fly upside down"? they will "quack" (crack up). lol

    2 flies in the kitchen which one is the cowboy? the one on the range? double LOL

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  19. PICK ME! Being the adoptive mom of 3 kiddos (all arriving home within 13 months!) I would LOVE this read!! mtroedel@gmail.com

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  20. I could've WON, you know...if I would've maybe say, stayed caught up on my reading!

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