Book description
It was the year that changed everything.
When a pregnancy test turns up positive, Leah has some tough decisions to make. At
just sixteen, what will she do?
Wrestling with her options for months, she then discovers open adoption: welcoming her daughter into the world while maintaining a connection with…
Why read it?
1 author picked The Sixteenth Year as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Leah’s open adoption story had so many parallels to my own family's open adoption story that I found comfort and familiarity in her journey. I imagined my own adopted children’s birth moms going through many of the same thoughts and feelings that Leah described. I cried for Leah, for my children’s birth moms, and for all the birth moms.
This was an emotional but important read for me. I especially loved the part toward the end where Leah was able to share her current relationship with her eighteen-year-old birth daughter. Adoption should always be about what is best for the…
From Linda's list on adoptive and birth parents on adoption journey.
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