I’ll cut to the chase: I loved this book.
Months ago author Patricia Florin sent me A Life Let Go to review. I had a big stack of books in my queue and not enough reading time to get to hers in a gracious manner, but I finally got time to read during our recent trip to Ireland.
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Anne Heffron is a highly gifted writer. In fact, she’s spent decades teaching writing to others, amid her own struggles around identity, brokenness, self-destructive habits, and conflicting emotions about her own mother (it’s mere coincidence that my last post was on the Happy/Sad of adoption). Her memoir and first book, You Don’t Look Adopted, was published four months ago (though Anne is already an accomplished screenwriter), and I have just recently begun reading it.
Writing her memoir — finally — about the things most pressing but most difficult to talk about is but one of the therapies Anne has pursued in her quest for wholeness and self-worth.
My shelf runneth over with great books to tell you about.
Guide to Surviving the Holidays Without a Child, an e-booklet from Creating a Family, is a timely read for many. 
At no other time of year do we emphasize “family” the way we do in November and December. When you’re in the throes of family-building, Continue reading Bookapalooza
