Deeply felt, and rather depressingly so. The author talks of a lot about loss, shimmering, heart-stopping loss–and less about hope. But it pushes through a hard, midwestern winter to finally come to rest in Spring. So I guess there is reason to surmise optimism. Within the protaganist’s story is a sub-tale of an adoption gone awry–that’s where the gate comes in. There are no winners n the adoption story: everyone loses–the birth parent, the adoptive ones, not to mention the little child, Mary Emma. [2/2011]
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