birth mother

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birth mother or birthmother

A biological mother.

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In a nutshell: Hard-nosed, if somewhat sentimentalized, story of a young Russian orphan who, before he's adopted by a nice Italian couple, insists on trying to find his birth mother.

ORPHAN STORY FULL OF HUMANITY by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)

From the KLIATT starred review of the book, March 2006: "Simone is a brilliant 16-year-old, wise and funny; she is the narrator of this story of how she comes to know her birth mother, how she grows to love her and then must lose her.

Reinhardt, Dana. A brief chapter in my impossible life by Squicciarini, Stephanie / Kliatt

Sixteen-year-old Simone's life--busy with the normal complications of school, friendships, parents, and siblings--becomes impossible when her birth mother, who has previously been in contact only with her adoptive parents, begins to push for a face-to-face meeting.

Dana Reinhardt: A Brief Chapter in My Impossible Life by Jemtegaard, Kristi Elle / The Horn Book Magazine

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