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Part memoir, part monologue, with a dash of startling honesty, There’s Nothing in This Book That I Meant to Say features biographies of legendary historical figures from which Paula Poundstone can’t help digressing to tell her own story. Mining gold from the lives of Abraham Lincoln, Helen Keller, Joan of Arc, and Beethoven, among others, the eccentric and utterly inimitable mind of Paula Poundstone dissects, observes, and comments on the successes and failures of her own life with surprising candor and spot-on comedic timing in this unique laugh-out-loud book.
If you like Paula Poundstone’s ironic and blindingly intelligent humor, you’ll love this wryly observant, funny, and touching book.
Paula Poundstone on . . .
The sources of her self-esteem: “A couple of years ago I was reunited with a guy I knew in the fifth grade. He said, “All the other fifth-grade guys liked the pretty girls, but I liked you.” It’s hard to know if a guy is sincere when he lays it on that thick.
The battle between fatigue and informed citizenship: I play a videotape of The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer every night, but sometimes I only get as far as the theme song (da da-da-da da-ah) before I fall asleep. Sometimes as soon as Margaret Warner says whether or not Jim Lehrer is on vacation I drift right off. Somehow just knowing he’s well comforts me.
The occult: I need to know exactly what day I’m gonna die so that I don’t bother putting away leftovers the night before.
TV’s misplaced priorities: Someday in the midst of the State of the Union address they’ll break in with, “We interrupt this program to bring you a little clip from Bewitched.”
Travel: In London I went to the queen’s house. I went as a tourist—she didn’t invite me so she could pick my brain: “What do you think of my face on the pound? Too serious?”
Air-conditioning in Florida: If it were as cold outside in the winter as they make it inside in the summer, they’d put the heat on. It makes no sense.
The scandal: The judge said I was the best probationer he ever had. Talk about proud.
With a foreword by Mary Tyler Moore
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There's nothing in this book that I meant to say by Paula Poundstone.......2007-08-06
This is a funny book... I listened to it in my car on five CDs. Paula has been through a lot and yet she has not lost her sense of humor. If you ever get the chance to go see her live, don't miss it. She is one of the quickest and the best at adLib that I have ever seen.
Humor, History and Humility.......2007-07-29
What do Joan of Arc, Abraham Lincoln, Helen Keller, Beethoven, Charles Dickens,The Wright Brothers and Sitting Bull all have in common? Isn't it obvious? Paula Poundstone of course.
Ms. Poundstone makes both humorous and serious parallels with these historical figures as she goes back and forth between her life and theirs. We not only learn about her own history, we learn about her wry views on life, recovery from her addiction and her number one priority-her three children. As an added bonus we may even be motivated to read more about the people whose names are the titles of the seven chapters.
I especially appreciated her frank discussion of her alcoholism in terms of acceptance,taking responsibility as well as making amends to those whose lives were most affected, her children.
Well done Paula!
A pleasant, rambling read.......2007-07-26
This book feels a lot like listening to a Paula Poundstone comedy routine. She starts off on one topic and you never know where you will end up. I was pleasantly surprised by how personal she was willing to get when talking about her recent substance problems. She did so with much grace and self-deprecating humor. I just love her wit and found myself laughing out loud on several occasions.
There's Nothing in This Book That I Meant to Say.......2007-06-08
Great book. She writes with raw honesty and gentle humour. While reading the book, you feel like you're having a great heart to heart talk, with a good friend.
Nayslove.......2007-05-12
If you are a fan of Paula's, you will LOVE this book! If you aren't and are looking for a good read, you will enjoy the history lesson and fall in love with her. I laughed so hard I had tears rolling. It is both poignant and hysterically funny. She is brilliant as a comic, and now as an author.
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Language For Those Who Have Nothing - Mikhail Bakhtin and the Landscape of Psychiatry (Cognition and Language: A Series in Psycholinguistics) (COGNITION AND LANGUAGE-A SERIES IN PSYCHOLINGUISTICS)
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The aim of
Language for those who have Nothing is to
think psychiatry through the writings of Mikhail Bakhtin. Using the concepts of Dialogism and Polyphony, the Carnival and the Chronotope, a novel means of navigating the clinical landscape is developed.
Bakhtin offers language as a social phenomenon and one that is fully embodied. Utterances are shown to be alive and enfleshed and their meanings realised in the context of given social dimensions. The organisation of this book corresponds with carnival practices of taking the high down to the low before replenishing its meaning anew. Thus early discussions of official language and the chronotope become exposed to descending levels of analysis and emphasis.
Patients and practitioners are shown to occupy an entirely different spatio-temporal topography. These chronotopes have powerful borders and it is necessary to use the Carnival powers of cunning and deception in order to enter and to leave them. The book provides an overview of practitioners who have attempted such transgression and the author records his own unnerving experience as a pseudopatient. By exploring the context of psychiatry's unofficial voices: its terminology, jokes, parodies, and everyday narratives, the clinical landscape is shown to rely heavily on unofficial dialogues in order to safeguard an official identity.
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Just under the surface of mainstream American music and culture is a new generation, teens who steer clear of prepackaged pop and rap and have chosen something completely new and different-it's called EMO: sweetly melodic guitar punk with lyrics about love and sensitivity. Much like the punk movement in the '70s and '80s, EMO culture is sweeping up a fan base of teenagers who are ready for something new, something different, something unlike anything the world has seen before. Using websites to chat, hear new bands, and find out about upcoming events, tons of teens are already obsessed with this new and exciting move-ment where music and the Internet come together. Creeping into the consciousness of American pop culture, EMO bands like Jimmy Eat World, The Get Up Kids, and Saves The Day have become phenomenally popular just under the mainstream radar. Articles in the press (Rolling Stone, Spin, NME) are helping this counterculture take off, and Andy Greenwald has written the first book about this up-and-coming musical and cultural sensation.
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Feels good until the topic shifts.......2007-09-04
Andy Greenwald's "Nothing Feels Good: Punk Rock, Teenagers and Emo" is a fascinating journalistic investigation into the hard-to-define musical genre "emo." Chronicling the growth of the musical movement from its birth in the early 80s until 2003 when the book was published, Greenwald has composed a piece of rock journalism similar in style to the works of Chuck Klosterman or even the later works of Lester Bangs.
Greenwald's enthusiasm for his subject matter is born out of his day job writing for Spin magazine, The Village Voice and The Washington Post. The NYC-dwelling Greenwald has also penned a more recent novel titled "Miss Misery" incorporating similar subject matter.
Greenwald has a fascination with misery, as sadness is a quintessential part of the emo definition. Greenwald fleshes out the main idea of emo as punk-rock based music made as an artist's catharsis that teenagers latch onto and associate emotionally with.
To make sure the reader gets the point, Greenwald dedicates almost a third of the book to the most depressing of all emo acts, Dashboard Confessional. The nearly reverential tone that he uses in describing the de facto leader of the movement emphasizes the main point of this book: music, emotion and memories are inextricably tied together in the minds of teenagers.
Even though Greenwald does analyze the social trend of emo through case studies on bands, the best parts of the book come when he practices his bill-paying craft and enthusiastically describes the bands and labels associated with the genre. From the absurdly cocky Vagrant Records to the painfully humble Jimmy Eat World, Greenwald shows many ways that the confessional candor which embodies the emo movement can manifest itself. The various angles that Greenwald uses to approach the point keep this from being a tiresomely repetitive read.
It's when Greenwald diverges from the music side of emo that the book goes south. The last 41 pages crawl by as Greenwald turns his eye to online communities and their hyper-dramatic emotions their users proudly display. In contrast to the giddy descriptiveness of the first 269 pages, the section on Livejournal.com and Makeoutclub.com lacks any luster at all.
"Nothing Feels Good: Punk Rock, Teenagers and Emo" is a well-researched, mostly quick-moving read. Fans of underground music of the last fifteen years (emo or non) will have a great time playing the "ha! I liked that band first!" game, as well as learning about an often-misunderstood genre.
My Review.......2006-05-22
NOTHING FEELS GOOD in my opinion is one of the few books that really does explain who are the 'emo kids.' Andy Greenwald explains to the readers that the 'emo kids' are the regular teenagers with regular problems dealing with regular life. Greenwald's 'How to have a nervous breakdown' is one the most humerous things that I, myself, have read in a long time. The main subject that I think Greenwald covers well is teenagers and the internet. Being a teen myself, he really puts it into perspective about who teenagers are internet savvy, not only that, that they use the internet as a outlet for expression. Live jornal, myspace, xanga, makeout club, and anything that envolves an audience is a typical site a teen with use to express there emotions. Greenwald breaks down teenagers emotions and gives an in-depth idea about the term, 'emo'. Overall, I would highly recommend this book to anyone that wants to know what goes on in a teen's mind when the internet and music is involved. Greenwald takes a highly confusing topic of 'emo' and gives it his own meaning which is the reason why I bought the book and why you should read it.
excellent book.......2005-10-03
I really thought that this book was one of the best things that I have ever read. I am of course a "emo" kid, so I was affected on a deep level just by reading it. I always had trouble explaining to people what the difference was between emo and normal punk. As well as convinving them that it was more than just whiney woman hating music. This book was the answer to that question for me. Not to mention the excellent writing style of Andy Greenwald. I would strongly suggest that if you are a fan of emo, you should read this.
Justin
Made me feel like I was actually a part of something.......2005-07-31
Nothing Feels Good was first recommend to me by a friend, at first I didn't pay any mind to it, but when I finally picked it up, I regretted not doing it sooner. This book defiantly made me feel good. AS soon as I started reading, I had an infectious smile on my face, that stayed with me from page one to the back cover. Most teens feel like they don't belong in their current environment, and I have felt this way before, but when I read this book, it made me think 'Yes I do belong, I'm not the only one who feels this way" I recommend it to anyone who has felt this way. Or any one who just wants to read about good music. Andy Greenwald has become one of my favorite writers, and I can't wait for his next work. . .
melissa chavez rules.......2005-07-07
My friend Melissa Chavez is mentioned in the book and everyone should read about her and dashboard confessional and the most beautiful thing she ever created. It's somewhere in the book and thats what makes the book great. melissa.
i hope she comes back to new york soon.
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In his most comprehensive book, bestselling author John Randolph Price takes us back to 9500 B.C., when the Grand Magicians came forth, on to 500 B.C. when the "Great Ones" appeared, and continues to trace the life-changing Principles of New Thought right up to the present time.
In Part I, Price focuses on the Grand Paradigm and how to unlock the doors to our Divine Constitution. He reveals the Secret of the Ages, the bridge to connect heaven and earth, the ministering angels, and how to work with the Great Law by directing the cosmic energies. He then brings it all together in a formula for Completeness-Mind into Manifestation, Divine Cause and Divine Effect.
Part II shows us the proof of what New Thought can do-the sweet mysteries of life and the fruits of the harvest. Nothing is too good to be true is a fact, and a miracle will follow when we remove the dam holding back the great river of life and open the blinds that have shut out the light of the shining Truth within.
Price says, "Let's do that, and then spread the word that all things are indeed possible. The people are waiting for the Good News."
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An American cowboy in British Columbia . . ........2007-04-16
This enjoyable and well-written cowboy memoir takes readers to the hinterlands of central British Columbia during the war years of 1939-1942. The author and his partner Panhandle Phillips take over the two-million-acre Frontier Cattle Company, located in grassland valleys among the mountain ranges, several days' ride from the nearest town and over 200 miles from the nearest rail line. It is a land where winters are severe, and the first challenge facing them is a December cattle drive that ends in near-disaster as the men are overtaken by a fierce blizzard and sub-zero temperatures.
The son of an admiral in the U.S. Navy, Hobson is an educated Easterner living a life of pioneering adventure on one of the last western frontiers on the continent. His story is peopled with a large cast of memorable characters, including cowhands, ranchers, storekeepers, and Indians. His gifts as a writer are many, as he intensifies the suspense and drama of several high-risk enterprises and fully relishes the humor in others. The attempt to transport a herd of wild horses by night from an offshore island to the Vancouver stockyards is told with a masterful grasp of knee-slapping farce. There's even a little romance, as our cowboy hero goes in breathless search of the girl of his dreams, armed only with a snapshot of her standing beside a prize Jersey bull. Readers will also enjoy Paul St. Pierre's short stories and novels set a decade later in the same remote ranch country.
The Real Thing!.......2000-08-28
I've read all three of Hobson's excellent books about his adventures in the Canadian wilderness. My son, who is a real cowboy in Montana, told me about the books, saying, "These books tell the real story, mom--this is what it's like out here, particularly during the long, lonely, winter days and nights." Hobson's writing style, simple yet eloquent imagery, is perfect. I actually got chills when reading about grizzly attacks and those 70-degree below nights when both man and beast had to work to stay alive. Great stories, great writing!
Superb.......2000-07-27
AS exciting as the other two books.Humerous,yet portrays the adventure and hardship of that era.
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Seldom a day starts without it........2000-08-08
I have used this book as part of my daily meditation routine for over 3 years. It delivers practical, compassionate, encouraging and comforting messages that help me focus my physical and emotional energy on what is important. I highly recommend it to all!
Good stuff to start the day with - not sappy........1996-12-02
This is great soul food. Dealing with the everyday humps and bumps and pleasures of life. Always valuable. A "we're all in the same same tub of shit, and yet ain't life sometimes great" type of book
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The portrayal of evil in film and television, frequently denounced as an attack on "family values" and an incitement to real-life violence, is more complicated and more disturbing than we realize. In a pointed challenge to both Hollywood and its critics, Professor Thomas Hibbs argues that the demonic anti-heroes and seductive comic evil of popular culture are not weapons in a conscious cultural assault but reactions to the apathy and conformity of American life.
While the movies of Frank Capra once celebrated the triumph of good over evil, George Bailey has given way to Hannibal Lecter, who through raw power and bold creativity lives "beyond good and evil." Professor Hibbs follows the trajectory of evil in American film and television, linking it to the spread of nihilism-a state of spiritual impoverishment and shrunken aspirations to which, both Tocqueville and Nietzsche warned, democracies are especially susceptible. The most recent product of Hollywood's fascination with evil is the comic nihilism of Seinfeld, in which the distinctively American pursuit of happiness is endlessly frustrated by dark forces beyond our understanding or control.
Professor Hibbs probes the themes and artistry of the landmark works of the cinematic quest for evil. A series of grisly films from The Exorcist to Cape Fear and Silence of the Lambs reveals a preoccupation with the power of evil. When evil ceases to terrify, it becomes banal, producing a comic view of the meaninglessness of life (Forrest Gump, Natural Born Killers, Titanic, The Simpsons). Seinfeld and Trainspotting represent nihilism's last stage, but not the last word, and Professor Hibbs considers how classical ideals-partially recovered in recent comedy (Pulp Fiction) and film noir (L.A. Confidential, Seven)-might point the way out of nihilism.
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Q: What's on TV tonight? A: Nothing........2005-10-06
Thomas Hibbs reveals a new dimension to American popular culture with his book, Shows About Nothing. Many people are not going to know what nihilism is, or who Nietzsche was, but they can quote Seinfeld. Hibbs spends much time expanding this common thread, and examines the philosophical undertones of popular movies like Cape Fear and se7en. By doing so, he demonstrates that what the themes these movies teach us are either dangerously close to, and sometimes outright, nihilistic.
Before this book, I thought of nihilism as full-blown anarchy, and modern American society as only 'halfway down the road' to Nietzsche. Hibbs provides a more refined explanation of what nihilism is, and it is not necessarily the nightmarish struggle between 'ubermensch' one imagines. Sometimes nihilism can be quite pleasant, since you are 'beyond their good and evil' and see all morality as mere constructs of man. The flight from responsibility is one possible reason nihilism hangs around - human nature, another - and perhaps is why some dedicate their lives to 'deconstructing' our civilization to a collection of artifices. But there is great danger in this newly acquired freedom. As Hibbs once said in a speech, nihilism brings you both Seinfeld and Columbine.
It seems to me that nihilism, existentialism and deconstructionists are all sides of the same triangle. Many people blow off these schools of thought, because 'who cares what's in some book?' Well, Marxism also started out in book form, and ultimately grew to an opponent in the nuclear stalemate of MAD. Therefore, even bad ideas have power if professors or governments choose to endorse them. We spent thousands of years crawling out of the jungle; nihilism returns us there, and to this I feel there are only two logical ends. One is looking to a lonely sky and merely blinking at what was once God's kingdom to your forefathers. The other ends on your knees, bloodied, looking up the barrel of a gun.
Pretty good.......2005-09-02
If you have any knowledge of modern philosophy you will probably find this book an engaging application of Nietzsche in pop culture. Otherwise you may have some trouble getting into it. I liked it well enough but I have read better (Neil Postman and Roger Scruton come to mind). The book will become dated as the examples used pass away into the forgotten archives of memory. But for now it does the trick.
I agree with the theory that influential philosophy (such as Nietzsche) eventually trickles down from its lofty intellectual heights to the lowest levels of society. From the episodes of popular film and TV the author teases out the underlying philosophic assumptions our culture has accepted. Some are overt but many operate below our personal radar--we simply take it for granted.
Overall the book was like a very long but very good film criticism. Fun.
An eye-opening expose of our Nihilistic culture.......2001-08-13
Nihilism comes in many forms, a natural result of the democratic liberalism that our culture has enshrined in its desire for individual self-actualization. Such is the assessment of Thomas Hibbs in "Shows About Nothing". In his inimitably prescient perspective, Hibbs sees this reflection of Nietschian thought especially predominant in the kind of entertainment that we watch.
In a particularly rigourous way, we are shown how seemingly disparate films or TV shows exhibit ways that we have approached issues of Good and Evil, ultimately indicating our collective agreement that there is little meaning in either term; instead we are subjected to coincidences and the capricious desires of a dark God who often makes lilfe one great comedy of the absurd. Hibbs shows the link between a movie like Pulp Fiction and Seinfeld, two sides of the same nihilistic coin.
The reader is left wondering where we will go next, once evil is merely and banal as goodness, and God is relegated to a being conspiring to make us unhappy and evil is always just around the corner.
At times Hibbs writes in a way that does not make his point clear. It is not always obvious if he approves of the film or movie he is discussing; on the other hand, perhaps his very ambiguity is indicative of the very problem we face.
What is remarkable is that Hibbs cannot contain his clearly Christian perspective. It is refreshing to see a Christian write a thoroughly engaging and scholarly analysis of where our culture is at. With the death of God comes comic meaninglessness and quests for meanings that ultimately have no end. He convinces us that we may indeed be Nietsche's last men.
A philosophical perspective on movies & TV.......2000-02-24
Dr. Hibbs writes how Seinfeld and Trainspotting have anesthetized their viewers to the fundamental concepts of good and evil. Although most people understand and welcome the change, most viewers seem unaware how their beliefs have changed over time. Unfortunately, Dr. Hibbs spends few pages explaining how to escape the pervasive nihilism of Seinfeld. Albeit, Seinfeld is raucously funny Dr. Hibbs admits.
Much Ado About "Nothing".......2000-02-02
This is a must read. Dr. Hibbs' message may not be what many people want to hear but it is something we ALL should hear. Without a doubt, the mediums of TV and film have a profound effect on Americans despite what some may say, and that thought alone is downright scary. For thought-provoking analysis, I would encourage you to read this book.
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This delightful picaresque tale is a classic of German Romantic literature.
Despaired of by his father and impatient with his lot, a young man hears the enticing call of life on the road. Leaving his home and all that he knows, he embarks on a journey in search of adventure and glory. One day enjoying fortune and plenty, the next at the mercy of villains and rogues, his is a life of chance and wonder that, despite its strange twists and turns, ultimately leads him to his heart’s desire. Primarily a lyrical poet, Joseph von Eichendorff is a key figure in Germany’s literary heritage.
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brilliant!.......2003-07-25
well, im actually in the middle of writing an essay on the implementation of music in this book, in a romantic literature seminar in freiburg, germany. this is one of the most brilliant books we've read during the entire semester, exactly because, upon first reading this book, one sets it down with a smile and assumes that he has just enjoyed a splendid little novel about a "taugenichts" as a good for nothing is referred to in german. however, only upon examining the oft surfacing poetical songs of the novel and the easily over read subtleties of the lesser characters does one realize that the entire point and central theme of the book are something completely different that at first assumed. i can never remember so stark a smack in the face than i received while reading this book the fourth time through. the highest recommendation to anyone interested at all in the german literary romantic movement, or anyone else looking for a good, quick read (it's perfectly satisfying, as i've said, even if you dont dig deep).
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God Owes Us Nothing reflects on the centuries-long debate in Christianity: how do we reconcile the existence of evil in the world with the goodness of an omnipotent God, and how does God's omnipotence relate to people's responsibility for their own salvation or damnation. Leszek Kolakowski approaches this paradox as both an exercise in theology and in revisionist Christian history based on philosophical analysis. Kolakowski's unorthodox interpretation of the history of modern Christianity provokes renewed discussion about the historical, intellectual, and cultural omnipotence of neo-Augustinianism.
"Several books a year wrestle with that hoary conundrum, but few so dazzlingly as the Polish philosopher's latest."—Carlin Romano, Washington Post Book World
"Kolakowski's fascinating book and its debatable thesis raise intriguing historical and theological questions well worth pursuing."—Stephen J. Duffy, Theological Studies
"Kolakowski's elegant meditation is a masterpiece of cultural and religious criticism."—Henry Carrigan, Cleveland Plain Dealer
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Excellent and thought provoking!.......2006-06-03
The title refers to the Augustinian-Jansenist view according to which human beings are absolutely incapable, through their efforts unaided by grace, to please God and to rightfully expect his mercy. The book consists of two parts: the first part focuses on the five Jansenist propositions that were condemned by the Church; the second part deals with Pascal's "sad religion," and its overly theocentric mentality (to shed tears for the death of on'e loved ones and to laugh are unorthy of a Christian).
The main points the author makes are:
* Jansenius correctly interpreted Augustine's theology of grace. Anybody who says otherwise is in bad faith. (Has anybody gotten a chance to peruse Jansenius's opus magnus, Augustinus? I have! There are HUNDREDS of quotations from Augustine's work: anybody who rejects Jansenius' understanding of Augustine OWES a major production of eveidence to that effect!)
* The Church rightly condemned Jansenius. It had to, in order to survive and avoid holing itself up or to go out of the socio-cultural scene as an obsolete phenomenon. The alternative would have been to turn into a little sect of saints (a la Amish), unable to influence the world at large and to become a cultural oddity. The author concludes that the Church loses out when it lives with a besieged fortress mentality. The all-or nothing mentality is a recipe for disaster.
* The Church therefore rightly condemned some Augustinian theological views.
* The Church began to de-Augustinize itself. "It was a momentous event in the history of the Church when it exploited this occasion, adopting practically the Jesuit (or semi-Pelagian) doctrine in the crucial questions of original sin, grace and predestination, and thereby breaking -tacitly, needless to say - with a very important part of its theological heritage and shaping its teaching accordingly." (p. 31)
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Nothing Good Ever Happens to Me: An Adoption Love Story
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More about foster care than adoption.......1998-02-28
This book is a "middle ground" story about adoption, neither sugar-coated nor horrific. It is the true account of a couple who, while waiting to adopt a baby, agreed to take in a ten-year-old foster child. Their hope, even before she came to live with them, was that they would be able to adopt her. It took ten years before the law allowed them to do so.
Rather than adoption, this book is more about long-term foster care and its effects on both foster/adoptive parents and foster children. In this case, the foster/adoptive parents struggled with their lack of control over decisions and conditions they saw as damaging to their foster daughter, Lee Ann; while Lee Ann, longing for the security of permanency, alternated between trying her best to please the Lindsays, so they wouldn't throw her out, and acting out her anger and frustration at remaining in limbo.
If the Lindsays ever got involved in foster care reform, this book gives no indication that they did; it is entirely the story of one family's journey. I would have found the book more valuable had the author editorialized about her experience and "spoken" to policymakers and foster parents of today. The events of this story take place mainly in the 60's, and one wonders how much the foster care system may have changed since then. (Not enough.)
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