Loved To Death [Paperback]

Rosa Elmore Ferguson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 26, 2007

Adoption brings about a set of issues unknown to any other social group, not only to the adoptee but to the adoptive parents as well. Death shouldn't be one of those issues. Read about Morosa Denise McKinley's life as an adoptee and her adoptive parents; one who loved too much and one who could not love enough.

Product Details

• Paperback: 84 pages
• Publisher: Wasteland Press (February 26, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1600470831
• ISBN-13: 978-1600470837
• Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 8.5 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,331,227 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I write in the hopes that my birth mother will find me! I'm looking for L. Sleigh of South Carolina who was born in 1934. She's my birth mother! I wonder if she looks for me. If I become a famous author perhaps she will recognize me and try to find me.

LOVED TO DEATH: A Different Kind of Love Story and LOVED TO DEATH: The Truth Unfolds are two books in a 3 part series I have written to express my feelings about adoption.

Follow my blog on adoption at http://rosaelmoreferguson.blogspot.com/

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Great Start To A Great Mystery, November 23, 2010

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Priscilla C. Johnson "bookmaniac" (Baltimore, Maryland USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Loved To Death (Paperback)

Loved To Death, A Different Kind of Love Story is the debut novel by Rosa Elmore Ferguson. It is the story of Morosa Denise McKinley - a 23 year-old corpse. Morosa is trying to find out what happened to her and why her parents loved her so differently. Detectives Nettles and Wells have been assigned to investigate what has become the worst crime in the history of Gaston City, Indiana.

Ferguson tackles a lot in this story which was only 72 pages long. The story is about adoption, abuse, love, abandonment, and hopelessness rolled into a murder mystery. As each character is introduced, they added pieces to the confusing puzzle. A few times, I had to read a passage twice in order to figure out who was speaking. Just as I began to get settled into the story, the mystery had been solved and the story was over. All in all, I think this was a good debut novella but it needs more plot and character development as well as more pages to be a full novel. I also feel uncomfortable recommending a book for $12 that is not a complete novel.

Priscilla C. Johnson

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Adoption, Love, Ghost, Mystery = Must Read Story, September 23, 2008

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M. Bruner ""Deltareviewer" Real Page ... (Oklahoma!) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Loved To Death (Paperback)

Morosa Denise McKinley was adopted when she was five days old. The day she went home with her parents, Morrow and Rose, her spirit died and she failed to connect with them. As Morosa grew up, the lack of connection along with strict rules in the home robbed her of friendships and eventually her life. Enter Matthew Taylor, a friend and sex partner was the only person she could freely express herself. Their relationship infuriated her parents and may be her downfall.

Ferguson has penned a unique novella about adoption and the issues that can arise if a connection is never made. Morosa's ghost tells the details of this distinctive love story with each chapter giving another point of view and clues about her death. The supporting characters leave breadcrumbs to the mystery with each turning page leaving a certain CSI/detective feel to the book. At times you have to read several sentences before realizing a different character is talking but the flow of the story is consistent. This is a quick read which is great for a beauty shop appointment, waiting in line to pick up the kids, or a lazy evening at home.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Point of View, April 6, 2007

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This review is from: Loved To Death (Paperback)

Loved to Death is a good debut book, though short. I like the way the author has worked with point of view to let one in on the thinking of each major character. After reading, it makes me think about adoptees and how they must always carry the burden of unknown parents with them, for a lifetime. Such was the plight of Morosa, the main character, a 23 year-old adoptee who tries to explain her life after her death, along with each of the main characters perspectives on who she was. Though fiction, it rings loudlly the theme that is carried with many adopted children and the author shares those feelings in ways that nonadoptees can begin to understand.