Relative Strangers
by Paula Garner
Jules, a senior, is looking for a baby picture for her senior yearbook when she notices an odd gap in her pictures. Soon after she discovers that for most of the first two years of her life she lived in foster care.
She is shocked as she had no idea. Her mom is an alcoholic, and while she is sober now and has been for years, she had problems when Jules was a baby. Jules goes on to meet her foster family, yet another surprise when she finds out that they had been planning on adopting her. And a foster brother a few years older that has never forgot her either.
It was interesting. The shock of Jules finding out she was in foster care. Her being nervous about meeting her foster family, how they had wanted to adopt her. What would her life have been like if they had adopted her? Her mom is an alcoholic, and does have her problems, but she does love her daughter. I imagine she worked hard to get sober and get her daughter back.
Thoughtful book about foster care, adoption, and a former alcoholic.
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