Dear Carolina

Dear Carolina is an ambitious first book for a young Author indeed, and a book well done. Two mothers different by circumstance, holding space for each other with similar heart, one a biological mother, the other the adoptive mother each tell a love story to their child. This young author has written a story of families coming together in support of each other; it's a story of pain, heartbreak, renewals and love. Written in beautiful southern voice, it is lyrical. The strength of the women, the richness of the characters traveling this story is beautiful, and it's lovely and it's brave. It is a book well worth reading for the writing and the story. I enjoyed Dear Carolina by Kristy Woodson Harvey. I'd recommend to anyone who believes family doesn't just mean blood relations.

I usually don't care for books where alternating voices trade in each chapter. This one however was extremely well written. Often it seems like the author uses that writing style to plump up the word count in the book by having the characters rehash the same scene from both perspectives. In this book, each chapter advanced the story as I watched the characters develop into the well rounded people they ultimately became.

Dear Carolina written by the very talented Kristy Woodson Harvey.  This is a book worthy of a full box of tissues!! This is a debut novel from Kristy Woodson Harvey and she totally rocked it!!! The story is about two mothers and one baby girl.  The chapters alternate between the voices of the biological mother and  the adoptive mother. Both are strong Southern women.You will love both Jodi; the birth mother; she’s young, she’s  very naïve and very short on self-worth. You’ll love the adoptive mother, Khaki equally as much; Khaki is so loving, so full of life  and so caring. They each write to Carolina about her birth story in their own voice; all the while telling Carolina about themselves. Ohhhh what a beautifully written story!!   This story is written with humor, compassion, devotion, pain, heartbreak and LOVE!!! This is a book you will want to savor because THIS is how a family is made!! Dear Carolina is such a very sweet story that WILL touch you all the way to your soul!