Book Review

Have You Found Her (2008)

EW's GRADE
C+

Details Release Date: Feb 12, 2008; Writer: Janice Erlbaum; Genres: Memoir, Nonfiction; Publisher: Villard Books

In Have You Found Her, Janice Erlbaum volunteers at the NYC shelter she once inhabited as a homeless adolescent and bonds with Samantha, a brilliant but disturbed teenager.

Most Dysfunctional Moment
After a hospital visit, Erlbaum learns Sam may not be who she claims to be.

Lowdown
With pages and pages of filler (e.g., detailed accounts of petty arguments between Erlbaum and her hubby), this memoir fails to excite until its final shock-inducing 70 pages. C+

Originally posted Feb 07, 2008 Published in issue #978 Feb 15, 2008 Order article reprints

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