Bibliograph

The girl I am, was, and never will be, a speculative memoir of transracial adoption, Shannon Gibney

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The girl I am, was, and never will be, a speculative memoir of transracial adoption, Shannon Gibney

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-243)

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The girl I am, was, and never will be

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1351681557

Responsibility statement

Shannon Gibney

Sub title

a speculative memoir of transracial adoption

Summary

Publisher Annotation: Dream Country author Shannon Gibney returns with The Girl I Am, Was, and Never Will Be, a book woven from her true story of growing up as a mixed-Black transracial adoptee and fictional story of Erin Powers, the name Shannon was given at birth, a child raised by a white closeted lesbian. At its core, the novel is a tale of two girls on two different timelines occasionally bridged by a mysterious portal and their shared search for a complete picture of their origins. Gibney surrounds that story with reproductions of her own adoption documents, letters, family photographs, interviews, medical records, and brief essays on the surreal absurdities of the adoptee experience. The end result is a remarkable portrait of an American experience rarely depicted in any form

Target audience

adolescent

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Girl I am, was, & never will be

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