OTHER WRITINGS
Book Review on Literary Mama: Chandra Hoffman's Chosen
December 17, 2010
A novel by Chandra Hoffman
(Harper/Harper Collins, 2010; $25.99)
In her debut novel Chosen, Chandra Hoffman reveals the inner workings of domestic open adoptions.
The Chosen Child adoption agency is located in Portland, Oregon. Adoptive parents fill out forms stating what kind of baby they are willing to adopt. Will they take a mixed race baby? Will they take a baby exposed to drugs in the womb? Meanwhile, biological parents search through a binder of prospective parents' pictures and vague bios, trying to select the best future for their child.
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Library gloomsday?
Philadelphia Daily News, September 8, 2009
WILL OUR libraries be closing in October?
I sure hope not.
First and foremost, of course, I don't want people to lose their jobs. I also don't want people to be without free books, free Internet access and the free expertise of our librarians.
I want there to be afterschool programs where children can learn to love books and learn how to let their imaginations roam the aisles of stories, fictional and nonfictional, that will inspire them to be the grown-up versions of their curious, playful selves.
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