Like Family: Growing Up in Other People's Houses by Paula McLain

Like Family: Growing Up in Other People's Houses

Paula McLain

240 pages first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective slow-paced

Description

The first book by the author of the New York Times bestseller The Paris Wife is a powerful and haunting memoir of the years she and her two sisters spent as foster children. In the early 70s, after being abandoned by both parents, the girls were m...

Read more

Community Reviews Summary of 57 reviews

Moods

reflective 100%
sad 75%
challenging 50%
emotional 50%
dark 25%
informative 25%

Pace

slow 75%
medium 25%

Average rating

3.43

See all reviews...

Content Warnings

Submitted by users as part of their reviews

Expand filter menu View summary

See all...