The Exact Same Moon: Fifty Acres and a Family

I read this book aloud with my husband. It was like reading a letter from a friend, sometimes laugh-out-loud funny and others wipe-a-tear sad. Although it's the story of moving from city to country life, it has relevance for anyone transitioning from one lifestyle to another. The situations are believable and the characters are funny and endearing. It's the kind of story that you know you'll miss when you reach the end. My husband has asked several times that I get the second book in what we hope will be a series by Ms. Laskas, so we can read aloud again.

This is the kind of book that makes you feel so good, you want to press it on your friends. The writing is gentle and thoughtfully paced, and she writes about the kinds of everyday experiences and feelings we can all relate to. The first book is Fifty Acres and a Poodle, which I'd recommend reading first. In this second book, the author is surprised by her unexpected but profound desire for a child to love and to share her world with. Her adoption of a little girl from China is written about with tenderness and deeply felt joy. I can't wait for the next installment.

I always enjoy Ms. Laskas' columns and looked forward to this book. I was not disappointed. Humorous but realistically touching as she deals with issues another mother certainly understands!

I just happened to chance upon this book in the library and once I started reading it, I could not put it down. What a wonderful writing style---so honest and refreshing---expressing many of the same feelings and thoughts that I have had, but have never put into words. This books is humorous, touching and gives wonderful insight and emotion into the Mother-Daughter and Mother-child relationship. It is just a happy, positive, uplifting book (even when things are not going right for the author) and I highly recommend it.

I read the review of "The Exact Same Moon" in Adoptive Families magazine, and it sounded good. Since I like to read books in order, if they have an order, I read "Fifty Acres and a Poodle" first. All the way through it, I kept thinking to myself, 'she writes the way I think'! She makes me laugh and laugh out loud!! I also have an adopted daughter from China, and so I could totally relate with a lot of things she was going through throughout the book; and therefore, at points, it also brought me to tears! I highly recommend this book! And especially so if you've been through the adoption process!