Losing Isaiah, Seth Margolis
Losing Isaiah, Seth Margolis
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Losing Isaiah

Author: Seth Margolis

Narrator: Sheila Hart

Unabridged: 13 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 02/22/2008

Categories: Fiction


Synopsis

Margaret and Charles Lewin adopted Isaiah as a newborn - giving the boy all the love a child could want, and everything money can buy. But can even the most loving, caring white family be responsible for raising a black child? Selma Richards is the boy's natural mother. At his birth, she was illiterate, unemployed, and a crack addict. Giving up her son was the best thing for both of them - at the time. Selma is now off drugs, learning to read and has a responsible job. She's not rich, and doesn't live in the best neighborhood, but she's healed herself. And now she wants her son back. Seth Margolis raises a complex and emotional moral question while giving the listener an understanding of the pain and conflict that leads up to the inevitable heartrending conclusion in which one mother ends up losing her son.

About Seth Margolis

Seth Margolis worked for six years as a volunteer tutor for Literacy Volunteers of NYC. He is the author of two mysteries, False Faces and Disappearing Acts, and he lives and works on New York City’s Upper West Side.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Abril on June 02, 2020

Me ha gustado mucho esta novela que plantea un dilema: tras una adopción irregular, ¿debe un niño de tres años volver con su madre biológica o permanecer en la familia con la que lleva desde que nació? A partir de ahí, se entretejen historias familiares complicadas y una lucha legal cuya resolución......more

Goodreads review by Nicole on April 14, 2013

I enjoyed this book right up until the end. I was torn between the two mothers and the child and did not at all agree with the decisions that the judge and society made. A child's family is not determined by the colour of his skin, just as a spouse should not be decided based on his race> Love is su......more

Goodreads review by Danielle on December 09, 2021

Not my favorite book. Hard to decipher who is right and wrong and what the outcome should be.......more