Famous Adopted People, Alice Stephens
Famous Adopted People, Alice Stephens
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Famous Adopted People

Author: Alice Stephens

Narrator: Roxelana Waters

Unabridged: 10 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/23/2021


Synopsis

"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.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sachi

When Lisa’s best friend, Mindy, proposes they find their respective Korean birth mothers - Lisa is apprehensive. What if her birth mother is as dysfunctional as she is? After much convincing, Lisa makes the trip to Korea to find her mother and support her best friend. After a series of events, thoug......more

Goodreads review by Tara

Stephens' novel is on one level a clever lampoon of the surreal political situation in North Korea, but it doesn't stop there. It's also a coming of age novel in a sense, where an impetuous young woman with a bit of a chip on her shoulder finally starts to feel the impact of her impulsive decisions.......more

Goodreads review by Michele

Like a roller coaster ride through a kaleidoscope, this book kept my attention riveted from start to finish. It's a book that switches gears a lot, and the author manages the transitions very well, partly because the novel is told through the perspective of a single protagonist who has a distinct vo......more