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Emma Stevens Finds her True Self Despite All Odds in “The Gathering Place”
Excerpt of Emma Stevens’ memoir The Gathering Place, An Adoptee’s Story, in which a flathead screwdriver plays a part in identity recovery.
Excerpt of Emma Stevens’ memoir The Gathering Place, An Adoptee’s Story, in which a flathead screwdriver plays a part in identity recovery.
Julie McGue is a twin and an adoptee. Here is an excerpt from her memoir, Twice a Daughter: A Search for Identity, Family, and Belonging.
Sara Easterly warns that silencing an adoptee due to the parent’s wounds can make the adoptee secretive and disconnected. Even from herself.