☕Laura's Reviews > Hand Me Down World

This was such an unusual and interesting book. It is the story of a courageous mother fiercely determined to find the son who has been taken from her, in a journey which takes her across continents. In the first half of the book, we hear of bits and pieces of her journey from those whom she has encountered along the way. In the second half of the book, she tells her own story, fleshing out events, filling in missing details and correcting lies and omissions by the previous narrators. Thus her story unfolds little by little, like a jigsaw puzzle whose image becomes clearer and clearer the more pieces are fit into place. Although some of the choices she makes are questionable, I was able to sympathize with her desperation and to admire her fortitude. I enjoyed this author's style of writing and look forward to reading more of his works.