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"It is said that you know where you are going only when you know where you are coming from"
We are all curious about where we come from. Without the last piece of the puzzle, it is difficult to know who you are and where you are going. For many with a double background, the future is a lifelong search for what has been.
Mary studied the lives of hundreds of adoptive families for many years to understand what adopted people, their families and their children experienced around roots, exclusion, family ties and identity based on society’s values and prejudices.
The result – two documentary reportage books about the search for identity.
Adoption: The band that makes us a family
Inheriting dad’s potato nose may not be that fun but it does show a kinship. For an adoptee, family ties look different. How does it affect identity and how you look at yourself and your family? Adoption is about kinship and identity, in short what makes us perceive ourselves as part of a family.
Adoption: The great return journey
It is said that you only know where you are going when you know where you are coming from. We are all curious about where we come from. Maybe adopted people more so than others. Without the last piece of the puzzle, it is difficult to know who you are and where you are going. It will be a hunt for roots, origins and answers to the questions: Who am I? Where do I come from? Where do I belong?
A good book that describes how different the experiences of adoption can be. It is not black or white and the experience varies greatly depending on the child, the parents and the experiences that the child had with them in the luggage. I am adopted myself, will adopt children and can really recommend the book.Post from Bokus
I could not stop reading! Mary writes so that you understand difficult questions of life, simply, sincerely - you are drawn into these life destinies.Post on Adlibris
It feels good to have a book to read with my 10-year-old that goes through the divisiveness of double-edged sword background, exclusion, racism and the big questions about identity and roots. You capture both the older and the younger reader and guide us safely through difficult topics.Post from Mary's Facebook page