In 1961 Paige was put up for adoption, a more taboo and secretive
topic than it is today. Paige's adoptive family chose not to focus
on the adoption, but instead function as a regular family with
natural children. However, being adopted made her feel vulnerable
and unreal. She longed to know more about her true self. In Akin to
the Truth: A Memoir of Adoption and Identity, Paige tells stories
from the perspective of a child and adolescent, growing up with a
closely guarded secret. Through vignettes, Paige relates feelings
about her adoption to forming and maintaining relationships, caring
for pets, moving to new houses and neighborhoods, losing loved ones
and entering young adulthood. Her need for acceptance is juxtaposed
with her adoptive father's increasingly erratic behavior. This is a
tale of family joys and hardships, friendships, falling in love and
the need to belong. It is set in the era of free love, social
unrest and unexpected change during the 1960s, 70s and 80s.
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