Twice a Daughter

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Twice a Daughter by Julie Ryan McGue was an engaging memoir! It was hard to stop reading when Julie was on the cusp of finding out some information about her birth parents.

It was hard to stop reading this book when Julie was about to discover something about her birth family. It was really interesting to read an account of trying to find birth parents, too, as I've never read an account like this. I know people go searching for their adoptive parents, but I've never read a memoir about it.

I actually felt anticipatory nerves as she was about to discover something. For that reason, I enjoyed it! I also liked her insights into being adopted and wanting to discover her lineage.

The book did get a little slow for me in between those breakthrough parts, and the writing was pretty simple. Overall I thought that worked pretty well, but it also added to the slowness for me at times.