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Akin to the Truth A Memoir of Adoption and Identity

Paige L. Adams Strickland

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Why we're reading this: This memoir is about my experiences growing up adopted in the 60s, 70s and 80s, then searching for birth …more
[close] This memoir is about my experiences growing up adopted in the 60s, 70s and 80s, then searching for birth family. It is also a father-daughter relationship story.

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Sep 09, 2013 Paige rated it it was amazing · (Review from the author)

In 1961, adoption was still one of those private and taboo topics. Not much identifying information was provided for adoptive families or for birth parents by the agencies. In Ohio, records were sealed forever. Adoptees and birth mothers were supposed to be thankful for the adoptive family and never look back. Adoptive parents thought their deal was signed and sealed.

As a child and teenager, growing up adopted was like a Scarlet Letter "A" if anyone ever found out the truth. At least, that's the ...more

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