Ekaterina Kuznetsova is a mother of two adopted children. She runs a blog on Instagram—writing touching, soul-stirring, sometimes bitter, and sometimes very bright novellas about those who adopted and those who were adopted; about those who left, and those who were left behind. She manages to talk about all this without the hysteria and pathos that such texts so often fall into. Ekaterina simply writes about mothers and children who met a little later than the moment when those children were born. If you have a foster child growing up or you’re considering adoption, you must read this book—it’s about you, it will strengthen you, and it will support you.
But this book is for more than just adoptive parents and adopted children. Everyone who reads it will become a little kinder toward the world. And perhaps one day the very concept of “orphanage” will finally be consigned to the past.