Anglický jazyk

I Must Have Wandered

Vydavateľstvo: Mary Ellen Gambutti
Rok vydania: 2023
Formát: Paperback
Rozmer: 229 x 152 mm
Jazyk: Anglický jazyk
ISBN: 9798223634430

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16.46 €

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O knihe

Travel with the author in her quest for the discovery of heritage. I Must Have Wandered is a hybrid collage of vignettes, poetry, and lyrical prose. Through personal letters, fragments, and photos, she portrays the poignant story of her post-World War II South Carolina closed adoption by an Air Force couple, her 1950s early childhood, the complex primal trauma of maternal relinquishment, military family transience, and separations. The sensitive adopted girl comes of age amid the heightened anxiety of the turbulent 1960s, the model behavior and discipline her father demands, his religious piety, and the culture of strict confidentiality around his Intelligence career. Her need to know her accurate identity surfaces at forty. With the help of adoptee advocates, she breaks the sealed record barrier and launches the search for her natural mother. With DNA testing decades later, she embarks on a parallel journey of self-discovery and begins to reconcile with the loss and privilege of her adopted life. She has triumphed over adversity, gaining a wealth of family and her true heritage. Revised, with new material, including a link to the e-book's expanded photo gallery, a bibliography, and adoptee resources.