Taking Down the Wall [Paperback]

Christine Murphy (Author)

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About the Author

Christine Murphy lives in Saratoga Springs, New York with her husband and three children. She works as a Speech Language Pathologist helping special needs children. Christine was adopted by a loving family in 1969 in a closed adoption. In 1992, she received an unexpected phone call from her birthmother. Shaken by the situation Christine chose not to meet. In 2007, after a health scare and some words from God, Christine contacted and met her birthmother and half-brothers. Their reunion continues to evolve.

Product Details

• Paperback: 146 pages
• Publisher: Xlibris, Corp. (November 24, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1436376742
• ISBN-13: 978-1436376747
• Product Dimensions: 6 x 9 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #778,093 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great book!, January 13, 2012

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Patsy G. (Jonesboro, AR) - See all my reviews

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This book was very helpful to me in understanding the feelings an adoptee has as an adult and the reasons for them. The author, Christine Murphy, tells her journey as an adoptee who at age 23 is stunned by a phone call from her original mother and who rejects most contact for 15 years until she decides she needs to find out why she has feelings of anger. She works with a therapist and on her own and makes great emotional progress over the course of a year. Because this book is a true life story, it provides insights into one person's journey from rejection and not wanting to know about her conception, gestation, birth and post-birth history to accepting and working on changing the resulting feelings and actions she had unconsciously had and done during her life. This book was so good that I would like her to write another book about what has happened in her life since this book ended.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great READ!!!!, October 9, 2010

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blueyes - See all my reviews

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Christine held my attention thru the whole book, except when i had to walk away to defog my glasses and clear my eyes of the tears.

I felt her pain thru the book. I enjoyed the openness of her writing of the experiences that she encountered , her growth during the reunion and discovery of her adoptedness.

It was great to follow up with Christine online and get to know her personally for the wonderful person that she is.

4.0 out of 5 stars makes you stop and think, August 5, 2010

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Cape Cod 5 - See all my reviews

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This is an easy read that makes you stop and think, life is never as simple as you wish.