I ended up liking Being Lara, though in the beginning it was touch and go because I did not like Lara very much and I didn’t like her adopted parents very much either. But, they did all grow on me after the story got moving and I ended up enjoying all of the characters – even when I wanted to shake them a bit.
I sure wish Lara’s adopted parents had answered her questions – when she asked for them. That they’d told the truth – when she asked them questions. That they had not ignored the letters from her birth mom.
But, I can also understand how scary it is to be the adoptive parents. Except it’s really not about your fear, is it. You are, after all, the adult…