A review by utopiastateofmind
The Search for Us by Susan Azim Boyer
4.0
(Disclaimer: I received this book from the publisher. This has not impacted my review which is unbiased and honest.)
I've always loved the idea of a DNA test, even though I've never take one. The Search for Us begins with a quest to find a missing father, but it quickly becomes a story about family, about our relation to our family, and the past. I quickly became attached to Samira and the way she is an over fixer, someone who is trying to fix everything to avoid looking within. I felt personally attacked by how spot on that was! But I think what kept me reading is the way Samira and Henry explore their family and their own relationship to family.
I've always loved the idea of a DNA test, even though I've never take one. The Search for Us begins with a quest to find a missing father, but it quickly becomes a story about family, about our relation to our family, and the past. I quickly became attached to Samira and the way she is an over fixer, someone who is trying to fix everything to avoid looking within. I felt personally attacked by how spot on that was! But I think what kept me reading is the way Samira and Henry explore their family and their own relationship to family.