This is a story about adoption. It is about direct adoption and
family adoption. It also involves keeping a secret from one of
those who is adopted. It forms a family secret that defines and
destroys as it gets passed along. It is the story of my mother and
her sister who get cast out into the cold and are taken in by
family. However, they are split up by the family and live in two
separate worlds. My mother is taken to California and never told
the secret. Dorothy, mom's sister, knows she is adopted and knows
she has a sister. My mother is raised as the only child of the
Haughts. She knows she was born in Ohio but knows nothing else.
This is the way Norden and Mabel want it to be. They would be the
only ones knowing the family secret. Mabel is paranoid that someone
would find out and attempt to take Zona away from them. After
mother learns the truth she takes on that paranoia. She lives and
breathes it and it eventually takes over her life. Everything is
done to protect that secret. Yet, when I turn 17 she decides it is
time to tell me "the secret" and to take me back to meet my real
aunt and uncle and cousins. This is a story of how the family
secret transcends time and touches many lives. It is a story of how
people react differently when told the secret. My cousins David,
Barbara, and Joe are amazed that I just found out about them a few
months before meeting them. They have known about me all their
lives. They knew who I was and where I was and what all was going
on. For me, all of that was shut out. I had to ask them tons of
questions to find out about them. Even when doing my final research
for this book I was still asking questions to all that were still
alive. I am glad I went when I did because death would take the
ones who knew the answers. Imagine if I would just now be finding
all of this out at the ripe old age of 60? There would now be only
a handful of people left to tell me and they would only have part
of the knowledge. This secret has led me on many adventures. I am
glad that I know the secret but sure wish it had come about
differently. But then I would not have had to write this book. So
welcome to Our Family Secret, My Mother's Lie.
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