Name: The Kids are All Right
ISBN: 9780307396051

Dan Welch

Diana Welch

Liz Welch

Amanda Welch

A family story told by its four children describes how they lost their parents and their privileged lifestyle and were separated into different homes, where they struggled to achieve independence and find one another.

A Memoir

The Kids are All Right

Melissa Schwartz

This was a very pleasant surprise. I will miss reading about these four siblings and was very invested throughout.

If there is one character I would ask questions to, it would be Nancy Chamberlain. Why in the world did she take Diana in? Granted, it was a great Mitzvah to do such a thing, and she gave her a home where she was safe and could go to school. However, it was very clear that she truly did not want this responsibility from the very beginning, making it the wrong choice. Why did she make Diana feel shame for every single thing she did, when frankly she did not seem to do much wrong? Why was everything constantly about how it affected the Chamberlains, when Diana was the one who lost both parents young? Why was Diana manipulated into calling Nancy and Ted "mom & dad" when it only should have occurred if/when she was ready or comfortable? Why did she try to erase her life, and isolate her from her real siblings all that time? It always seemed to be about Nancy. It infuriated me. They never should have taken her in in the first place.

The Kids are All Right A Memoir

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