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Two teens take the stage and find their voice. . . A girl learns
about her heritage and begins to find her community. . . A sister
is haunted by the ghosts of loved ones lost. . . There is no
universal adoption experience, and no two adoptees have the same
story. This anthology for teens edited by Shannon Gibney and Nicole
Chung contains a wide range of powerful, poignant, and evocative
stories in a variety of genres. These tales from fifteen
bestselling, acclaimed, and emerging adoptee authors genuinely and
authentically reflect the complexity, breadth, and depth of adoptee
experiences. This groundbreaking collection centers what it’s
like growing up as an adoptee. These are stories by adoptees, for
adoptees, reclaiming their own narratives. With stories by:
Kelley Baker Nicole Chung Shannon Gibney Mark Oshiro MeMe Collier
Susan Harness      Meredith
Ireland Mariama J. Lockington Lisa Nopachai Stefany Valentine
Matthew Salesses Lisa Wool-Rim Sjöblom Eric Smith Jenny Heijun
Wills Sun Yung Shin Foreword by Rebecca Carroll Afterword by JaeRan
Kim, MSW, PhD
What does it mean to lose your roots within your culture, within
your family? And what happens when you find them? Nicole Chung was
born severely premature, placed for adoption by her Korean parents,
and raised by a white family in a sheltered Oregon town. From
childhood, she heard the story of her adoption as a comforting,
pre-packaged myth. She believed that her biological parents had
made the ultimate sacrifice in the hope of giving her a better
life, that forever feeling slightly out of place was her fate as a
transracial adoptee. But as Nicole grew up - facing prejudice her
adoptive family couldn't see, finding her identity as an Asian
American and as a writer - she began to wonder if the story she'd
been told was the whole truth. With warmth, candor, and startling
insight, Nicole Chung tells of her search for the people who gave
her up. All You Can Ever Know is a profound, moving chronicle of
surprising connections, and family secrets.
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