I am a sucker for memoirs. I have an adopted son. So I was quick to snap up the book Love You More: The Divine Surprise of Adopting My Daughter by Jennifer Grant.
Grant weaves facts and information about adoption, particularly international adoption, with the personal journey of adopting her daughter, Mia, from Guatemala. The book chronicles the couple's early history as they build their family and how they felt called to pursue adoption. Details about the adoption process are provided, in the context of their experiences. The story ends as Mia is settling into life as part of the family, woven in to the place the family has created for her.
I have to admit, that while this book was well written, it wasn't what I was expecting. The majority of the book was about the adoption process and facts about adoption in general. I am an adoptive mother, but I couldn't really identify with much. This probably has more to do with the unusual circumstances of our kinship adoption than the book, but I was still a bit let down to not feel a connection the way I expected. I also would have enjoyed hearing more about who Mia is and the process of fitting her into the family. Most of the book covered the process of actually adopting her, not how she adjusted, which was something I was interested in. I did enjoy and relate to Grant's stories of parenting and lessons learned as she raised babies and toddlers born close together.
While I found this a well-written and interesting book, it was not what I was expecting to read. I enjoyed it, though, and would definitely pass it on, along with some caveats.
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