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“I think The Adoption Papers is written with great affection. I think one of the things about Jackie Kay is her huge warmth and the depth of her understanding. I think it’s really interesting that she’s able to see the perspective of three different women all at once, so she intercuts the perspective of each, whereas in the other books, it’s more the woman seeing it from her own point of view. Jackie Kay’s got this huge generosity of spirit so she can see it from three different points of view. It’s heartbreaking how honestly she has the two mothers speaking. What an ability that is — to see into the mind of your mother with such sympathy in the way that she does.” Read more...
Dorothy Byrne, Journalist
