My Fathers' Daughter

Posted on 13 March 2018 by Hannah Pool

In 1974 Hannah Pool was adopted from an orphanage in Eritrea and brought to England by her white adoptive father She grew up unable to imagine what it must be like to look into the eyes of a blood relative until one day a letter arrived from a brother she never knew she had Not knowing what to do with the letter, Hannah hid it away But she was unable to forget it, and ten years later she finally decided to track down her surviving Eritrean family and embarked upon a journey that would take her far from the comfort zone of her metropolitan lifestye to confront the poverty and oppression of a life that could so easily have been her own. Free Download My Fathers' Daughter [ Author ] Hannah Pool [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr This is an extremely difficult review to write Not because the book was bad far from it No, reviewing it is difficult because the story it tells is so incredibly personal, the writing is so honest and the experiences it relates go right to the core of the author s identity Any criticism would feel like a belittlement of what the writer is describing and, as such,than just being a criticism of how she writes, would feel like a comment on who she is So, deep breath, here goes.My This is an extremely difficult review to write Not because the book was bad far from it No, reviewing it is difficult because the story it tells is so incredibly personal, the writing is so honest and the experiences it relates go right to the core of the author s identity Any criticism would feel like a belittlement of what the writer is describing and, as such,than just being a criticism of how she writes, would feel like a comment on who she is So, deep breath, here goes.My Fathers Daughter is the story of Hannah Pool, a successful British journalist who many will recognise from her writing in a national newspaper Hannah was born in a small village in a remote part of Eritrea but, when her mother died giving birth to her, spent the first few months of her life in an orphanage She was soon adopted by a white British couple and taken to live in Manchester in the UK via extended stints in Sudan and Norway , always believing that both her parents were dead One day, though, she receives...This is a very readable and engaging memoir, about a British journalist s trip to Eritrea to meet her birth family As a baby, Hannah Pool was adopted from an orphanage by a white couple then working in Sudan She grew up primarily in England, and had no contact with her birth family until age 29, when she finally followed up on a letter a brother had sent her a decade before Meeting a cousin in London ultimately led to her taking a two week trip to Eritrea, where she met her biological father, This is a very readable and engaging memoir, about a British journalist s trip to...I have read stories about adoptees meeting their birth families, and I have watched the shows on television about the same thing Never though did I ever imagine what it might be like for someone who was adopted from a third world country to returne to the strange land of their birth The author is very honest, and open about her experience I feel that this womans story is very unique in that we get to read about an African village from a whole different point of view She is not an aid worker I ha...I throughly enjoyed this book While I am not an Eritrean, I lived in Asmara for most of my elementary school years There used to be a US Military base in Asmara called Kagnew Station I remember my time in Eritrea fondly It was Ethiopia when I lived there The revolution was just beginning when we left I left Asmara the year that Hannah was born, 1974 I was 12 years old I have been to most of the larger cities she mentioned in the book The towns of Keren and Massawa had recreation areas I throughly enjoyed this book While I am not an Eritrean, I lived in Asmara for most of my elementary school years There used to be a US Military base in Asmara called Kagnew Station I remember my time in Eritrea fondly It was Ethiopia when I lived there The revolution was just beginning when we left I left Asmara the year that Hannah was born, 1974 I was 12 years old I have been to most of the larger cities she mentioned in the book The towns of Keren and Massawa had recreation areas for U.S Military soldiers and sailors and their families I spent many happy hours swimming in the Red Sea in Massawa as a child I too can spot an Eritrean anywhere I go Most of my friends from those days can too They are some of the most beautiful people on the entire continent of Africa in my opinion Even though I am a white American I had a special feeling when I lived there A feeling I ...Return to Eritrea.Around the time I visited Eritrea I read two books one about an Eritrean refugee making the treacherous journey out of Eritrea and the other about Hannah Pool, a British journalist who was born in a remote village in Eritrea and adopted from an orphanage, leaving a family she had never met They complimented each other and both, in their own ways, educated me on this country that I knew so little about.Hannah s mother had died giving birth to her, and her father, who already Return to Eritrea.Around the time I visited Eritrea I read two books one about an Eritrean refugee making the treacherous journey out of Eritrea and the other about Hannah Pool, a British journalist who was born in a remote village in Eritrea and adopted from an orphanage, leaving a family she had never met They complimented each other and b...This book is about a woman who visits her country of birth, Eritrea, about 30 years after she was adopted by English parents I learned a lot about what international adoptees might feel and the emotions that surface as they investigate their past and meet biological family members It was especially interesting that she consistently affirms that she wishes she had never been adopted despite what that might have meant being a child soldier, dying young, poverty, etcMy only criticism of This book is...would put 3 stars for the literature part of this book The language didn t really impress me But, the story is powerful and interesting A very personal story that becomes important especially as a window for white western people to lives and experiences with different challenges then we know I feel very grateful the author decided to write her story One of these books who broaden horizons 100% Not only learning about a little country we don t talk much but also...My Fathers Daughter by Hannah Pool was a well thought out memoir She took us on a journey through her experience of adoption and retracing her roots The true details of what it was like to be face to face with the family that gave her up nearly 30 years ago This book deserves 4 stars because I felt like I was in Hannah s shoes and a part of her journey back home She shared what it was like to live in a household where no one looked like her in a very respectable manner I enjoyed reading My Fathers Daughter by Hannah Pool was a well thought out memoir She took us on a journey through her experience of adoption and retracing her roots The true details of what it was like to be face to face with the family that gave her up nearly 30 years ago This book deserves 4 stars because I felt like I was in Hannah s shoes and a part of her journey back home She shared what it was like to live in a household where no one looked like her in a very respectable manner I enjoyed reading her memoir in ahumors way She was able to bring light to her situation and not feel as though she would never be able to find her true identity Imagine what it s like to never have seen another woman or man from your own family To spend your life looking for clues in the faces of strangersWe all need to know why we were given up, Hannah Pool Although she came to realize that it was actually in her interest to be adopted, given the financial circ...An amazing first person account of a life not lived and another path to reliving it It is one of the best memoirs I have read In most part I think it is because she tells the story through her own eyes and not those of others or even herself in an awkward formation of description and detail I can t tell you much about this story but I think that it applies to many of us in some form or other She lives one life while thinking of another and has the chance to actually live it While living it An amazing first person account of a life not lived and another path to reliving it It is one of the best memoirs I have read In most part I think it is because she tells the story through her own eyes and not those of others or even herself in an awkward formation of description and detail I can t tell you much about this story but I think that it applies to many of us in some form or other She lives one life while thinking of another and has the chance to a...The author was adopted by a white British couple, at the age of six months from an orphanage in Eritrea During her early years she lives through a lot of displacement, but finally settles in with her adoptive father and stepmother in England Her adoptive parents had been told she was an orphan, so when she receives a letter from a cousin announcing that her birth father is living, and that she has a number of siblings and half siblings in Eritrea, and cousins around the world, her world is The author was adopted by a white British couple, at the ag...

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13 March 2018

Hannah Pool