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Find a Stranger, Say Goodbye

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I read this book for the first time when I was in high school and was dealing with "saying goodbye" to my birthmother. It was such a relief to see what I was feeling actually in words. Seven years later, this book is still one of my favorites. It goes beyond the general circumstances surrounding Natalie's adoption and really gets into what she is feeling and the story behind the adoption in the first place. This is a book that ANYONE who has been adopted needs to read. It's a great novel that stays with you!

This novel is about a young girl named Natalie Armstrong who discovers that she is a little different than everyone else in her family. She discovers that she was adopted at birth and has no information about her real biological parents. Throughout the book it takes you on an adventure to find information about her biological parents and contact them.

This book overall was a very good book. It starts off slow but quickly picks up. When I first picked up the book I was a little skeptical but a few chapters into the book I was hooked. It gets really exciting when she finds out that her life isn't as complete as she thought it was for seventeen years. I couldn't wait to find out what was going to happen.

I liked this book because it keeps you on edge about what will happen. She runs into many problems on her journey to finding her biological parents and it keeps you guessing what will happen next. The ending is great and you will be happy with the book overall.

I read this book in my late teens, after having given a child up for adoption at sixteen. It moved me deeply and I have read it several times since. Definitely recommended for anyone who has experienced adoption from either side.

This is a book I could read over and over again! It is all about faith,love,courage,and especially hope.Natalie searches for her real mother,and it leads her down many different paths.I felt and could relate to Natalie's feeling as she gets closer to finding her mother.An exciting and intriguing book for people of all ages!

Find a Stranger, Say Goodbye in my opinion was a gripping and emotional novel. Lowry describes Natalies perfect lifestyle so vividly and also the strains of the fact she has been adopted.
I really enjoyed reading this little novel and advise anyone to read it as it is well worth it. I have to say I nearly cried when I finished the book! It has also inspired me to read more of her books.
Find a Stranger, Say Goodbye is a breath of fresh air for me from all the other superficial teenage novels and seems to delve deeper into peoples real emotions which out of all the other teenage novels I have read have lacked to do.

This book starts off slow but picks up quickly. When I first picked it up i was a little skeptical about it but I ended up really getting into this novel.
If you are a book lover and love to read i recommend this book. If you are not then i would not recommend this book because you may get bored and you have to follow along with the many characters in the novel.
In the novel a young girl named Natalie Armstrong finds out that she is a little different then her sister. She finds out that she was adopted and has no information about her real parents. Throughout the book it is an adventure to find her mother and meet her for the first time. It keeps you on edge because she runs into many problems and keeps you guessing. The ending is great!

I think the book was a good book to expain how adoption works, and how some people choose to deal with adoption. I have been placed and I am lucky to actually know who my birth mom is. I am going to say that the girls(Natalie) search is something that happens all the time with people who don't know who their parents are. It shows how all of the sides of the emotions from the girl, parents, and birthmother feel.

I read this book in only a few hours. It was so compelling-especially the way every little detail fits together. Learning about Natalie's birth mother was amazing- and you have to read this. It felt so real!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can not explain the way this book made me feel. Buy it!!!!!

I thought Find a Stranger and, Say Goodbye was a good book. Natalie went through some difficult struggles to find her birth mother. It had some sad points but each chapter was suspenful. It was an awesome book.

I have read this book, Find a Stranger, Say Goodbye 2 times now and it is the BEST book I've ever read. Natalie Armstrong had everything beauty,great boyfriend, an early acceptance into collage, a great family, but one thing was missing: Who is my real mother? As Natalie searches for her mother over the summer she has some tough times. But finally she finds her mother. She was happy but not as happy as she would have liked to of been. I highly reccomend this book to anyone who is adopted and wants to find who their bilogical parents are.