READERS LOVE ‘BECAUSE I HAD TO’
THE EARLY REVIEWS ARE IN – READERS LOVE ‘BECAUSE I HAD TO’:
“great read, lovingly rendered”
“From the moment I read the first page, I was hooked.”
“Couldn’t, wouldn’t, and didn’t put it down until it was done.”
“If this novel starts with a punch, it ends with an upward kick into my sternum.”
“I felt David Bulitt wrote from his gut with no fear.”
“Bulitt’s cutting and often brilliant dialogue makes this a can’t-put-it-down-page-turner.”
“a compelling look at adoption, friendship and family. The story of Jess is sad, funny, true to life and leaves you wanting more because not every girl excels at being social or in academics……”
BECAUSE I HAD TO: 5/5 Stars
“My first thought when I finished this book was NO! How could the author end this book leaving me wanting more? I really did not want the story to end. The novel is the story of Jess, who is an adopted twin who has had a difficult time dealing with her father’s death and her relationship with her adopted mother and twin. We follow her story as she leaves her family and moves to Florida and tries to find herself. She asks her father’s best friend who is an attorney to help her find her birth mother, and they travel together with her best friend to meet her birth mother. The novel is really the story of a young woman who is trying to find herself, as she makes her way through young adulthood, Learning to trust new relationships and how she fits into this world, learning to deal with expectations vs. reality as she integrates what she has learned from her birth mother and adoptive mother and how it all fits the giant puzzle of her life. I found myself drawn to Jess and rooting for her to propel herself forward in life and succeed. The irony at the end of the story was not lost on me, and left me wanting to know what her decision would be and how would her life develop. I really enjoyed reading this author’s novel.”
– Tracy Doerner, NetGalley
