Waffle and Writings! for Tuesday, April 29, 2008

I am just viewing Forbidden Lies about the author Norma Khouri and her book Forbidden Love. It is hard to know what is the truth. Part of me wants to believe her and another part is sceptical. I haven't read it I would love to know what anyone who has read it thinks. there are many sides to a story. I wonder what is the real truth?? Is she a real con or is she being framed? This is such an interesting movie. I don't judge her. It is not my place to do so. I feel sorry for her. No one could build... Sign in to see full entry.

It is the story of a boy in a Russian orphanage and he is going to be adopted by an Italian couple. He is the envy of the other boys. The orphanage is a grim place. The Russian landscape is cold and forbidding. Vanya dreams of the mother who was supposed to have abandoned him. Not long after while his adoption is being processed a woman comes to the orphanage looking for a boy who was adopted out overseas a few months previously. She is driven away and commits suicide by throwing herself under a... Sign in to see full entry.