Finding Fish: A Memoir
by Antwone Q. Fisher, Mim E. Rivas
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Author: Antwone Q. Fisher, Mim E. RivasEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2001-12-18
ISBN: 0060007788
Number of pages: 339
Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks
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Book Review: A Great Book on human strength and frailty
Summary: 5 Stars
I read this book yesterday at one go and it left me feeling sad but not surprised. This kid lost his dad before he was born and his moms right afterwards. What impressed me most about this book was the author's sense of compassion for most of those responsible for his being born on this earth and being put into foster care. I am not a sentimental person as a rule but the scene with him meeting his mother at the end was very moving. I suspect this book would have had an even wider audience had the writer not been exposed to such a craven example of religious hypocrisy in the form of his god praising and child-hating foster mom. She was thought of as a good churchgoing lady by the community, but she was a wicked liar and thief. Don't look for a comforting message of faith in this book. You will be impressed by this awesome look at one man's personal strength and determination in the face of horrifying obstacles. I have been a ward of the state and know the feeling of not having a real family, of borrowing someone else's, and know that this 'fictive kinship' is no substitute for the real thing. Read this book.
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