Erin asked Jean Hanff Korelitz:

I just finished reading Admission, and I was surprised about the anti-adoption slant to the book. I realize that this is a story with characters who have their own beliefs and perceptions, but I wondered if you personally disagree with adoption?

Jean Hanff Korelitz ANTI-adoption? Why, because Portia experiences profound emotional after-effects of her decision? How could she not? You don't just walk away from an experience like that. But "anti-adoption" is an extraordinary interpretation, I think. I've been asked if I'm anti-choice BECAUSE a character gives up a newborn for adoption. I thought that was pretty bizarre, too. (When a Catholic magazine "lauded" ADMISSION for being "Pro-Life" because the protagonist chooses not to have an abortion, I did what you never do: responded to a review, because I was that furious about it.) For the record: I am ardently pro-choice (which means, at least to me, also pro-adoption). Besides, who on earth could "personally disagree with adoption"? Are there actually people who do?

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