Do you really know who you are? In Brooks Eason's memoir Fortunate Son, he describes his life as an adopted child. Fortunately, he ended up with adoptive parents who wanted and loved him, setting him on a life's journey that included graduating high school, college and law school, becoming a lawyer, marrying and having three children of his own.

Then he received a phone call that changed his life. He was shocked to learn that his birth mother had put him in her will -- and, after more than 40 years, he finally learned who his birth mother was. Her name was Julie and she hadn't forgotten him: she had invested a dollar in a lucrative stock for him that had accrued quite a bit of revenue over the years.

With this new information, Eason determined to find out as much about his birth mother as he could -- including the reasons she gave him up for adoption. What he discovered was bothersome, because he ended up facing the differences between the power of then and the power of now.

Eason's very personal memoir does not throw shade on adoption. No one should ever judge what someone may be going through. In a perfect world all's well that ends well, but we don't live in a perfect world. However, Eason's attempt to try to get to know his father didn't end well; he was not open to a reunion.

This book was great, made more interesting because it was written from the heart. I recommend this memoir because Eason proved how great it is to love and be loved. A Fortunate Son, indeed.