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Famous Adopted People

Written by: Alice Stephens
Narrated by: Roxelana Waters
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"Stephens' darkly comic, sharply irreverent, undeniably wise 'Great Adoption Novel' is an unexpectedly timely, not-to-be-missed, epic wild ride." (Booklist, starred review)

Lisa Pearl is an American teaching English in Japan, and the situation there - thanks mostly to her spontaneous, hard-partying ways - has become problematic. Now she’s in Seoul, South Korea, with her childhood best-friend, Mindy. The young women share a special bond: They are both Korean-born adoptees into white American families. Mindy is in Seoul to track down her birth mom, and wants Lisa to do the same. Trouble is Lisa isn’t convinced she needs to know about her past, much less meet her biological mother. 

She’d much rather spend time with Harrison, an almost supernaturally handsome local who works for the MotherFinder’s agency. When Lisa wakes up inside a palatial mountain compound, the captive of a glamorous, surgically enhanced blonde named Honey, she soon realizes she is going to learn about her past whether she likes it or not. What happens next only could in one place: North Korea.
©2021 Alice Stephens (P)2021 Scribd Audio
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Wow

I wasn’t fully prepared for how much I was going to enjoy this book...I was pre-warned that it was going to have a wow factor but holy crap, that was an understatement!

This story really portrayed how the adoptee brain is wired...it’s a mix of so many emotions and wild rides that it hit the nail on the head.

This is not just another adoptee story...this is a fantastic page turner that would interest anyone that needs a break from their boring day to day life.

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