There is one thing that has always bugged me about this book. I always thought that if a word ended in the letter "s" and you wanted to demonstate a possessive, that you merely added an apostrophe. But, the editor of this book added the apostrophe and another "s". Huh? Shouldn't it be The Mistress' Daughter? Am I really that screwed up with my punctuation. Oh, well.
Regardless of my issues with the title, I found this memoir to be absolutely beguiling. It's the true story of a woman -- given up for adoption by her single birth mother some 30 years before -- and her quest to find her true identity and truly define family. It makes you think about self-defination - are you defined by your environment or your genes?
The book is charged with emotion. So well crafted that you will experience the author's anger, profound sadness, and elation. It will move you.
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