Pieces of Me

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ISBN: 9780972624442 | 0972624449
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 11/30/2009

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The book you hold in your hands is a collection of stories, poems, art, music, quotes, activities, provocative questions, and more-all for the young adopted person who wants to figure out his or her story but doesn't know where to begin. It is a book of voices, from ages 11 to 63, speaking honestly and authentically about what it means to be adopted. Most are adoptees from around the world-some are transracial, some are international, some are from foster care, some are young, some are old. There are a few adoptive parents, birth parents, and professionals who share themselves in here as well.

With Thanks	p. x
Introduction: Pieces of Me, Who do I Want to Be?	p. 1
Gathering the Pieces	p. 5
Gathering the Pieces	p. 5
My Birthmark: Finding My Real Family	p. 6
The Dance	p. 9
My Search, My Lessons	p. 10
Finding My Mother, Finding Myself	p. 12
Thanks to my Birthmother on my Birthday	p. 13
Grace's Story	p. 16
Hat in Hand	p. 18
Search for Connections	p. 20
A Little "Brother"	p. 23
What Real Love Truly Is	p. 24
Bar Harbor Chris or My First Case of Girl Love	p. 28
Onni and Me: A Lifelong Search for an Asian Role Model	p. 29
My Difference	p. 31
Sock Bunnies	p. 33
Blood Matters	p. 36
Draw How You Feel	p. 38
Stolen Pieces	p. 39
39 Stolen Pieces	p. 39
They Say	p. 40
How I Felt About My Baby	p. 41
I Cry	p. 41
Looking for Mary	p. 42
I Can't Be Loved	p. 43
Dear Mum	p. 44
"The Burn on my Hand"	p. 45
The Drain	p. 47
My Name is Amy Martin	p. 48
Some Thoughts About My Adoption	p. 50
Glove and Ball	p. 52
Thirteen Years	p. 53
We With Two Mothers	p. 53
Adopted and Abused	p. 54
ADOPTIONS	p. 55
The Queen Redeemed	p. 57
Why I Cut Myself	p. 59
The Test	p. 60
Being a Transracial Adoptee	p. 61
About a Boy	p. 65
Cost of Connection: My Life	p. 67
Sandcastles and Waves	p. 68
Vanished Like Time	p. 69
White Skin on My Hands	p. 70
Twenty-seven	p. 72
Two Worlds	p. 73
Born Running	p. 74
Postcards From the Edge: Foster Care Alumni of America	p. 75
Fitting the Pieces	p. 77
Fitting the Pieces	p. 77
The Lifelong Journey	p. 78
I Am a Bastard	p. 79
The Proverbial Bag of Crap	p. 81
Out on a Limb	p. 82
Our Echo	p. 83
Feeling Fostered	p. 87
Which One of These is Not Like the Other?	p. 91
Happily Ever After	p. 92
Ben	p. 93
Heritage Poem	p. 94
Finding Rest in an "Adoptee" Culture	p. 95
I Just Missed You, That's All	p. 97
My Pieces and My Daughter's Pieces	p. 98
The Road	p. 101
I Think There Shoud Be a Law	p. 102
Inner Soul	p. 105
Best Mates on the Bus	p. 106
I'm Sending You Away for a Year to Save Your Life	p. 108
Lauren's Story	p. 109
The Collage	p. 110
Sharing the Pieces	p. 111
Sharing the Pieces	p. 111
Voices of Children in Limbo	p. 112
Who Am I?	p. 113
Is it Me or My Mask?	p. 114
A Use for Your Senses	p. 115
Just a Thought	p. 115
To Tell or Not to Tell? A "Narrative Burden"	p. 116
This is My Life	p. 117
Somewhere in the Middle	p. 119
Three Wishes	p. 120
Grounding	p. 120
Advice From a Teen Adoptee	p. 121
Owing	p. 121
battle cry/undone	p. 122
Giving Back to My Homeland	p. 124
Legacy	p. 125
No More Running: Moving Beyond Foster Care	p. 126
DNA Song	p. 128
Just Like You	p. 129
An Innocent Grows Up	p. 129
Coming Out Again	p. 130
Waking Up America	p. 132
Dear Lucy	p. 133
A Bored Game	p. 134
Tag Cloud T-Shirt	p. 136
Where do These Pieces Go?	p. 137
Where Do These Pieces Go?	p. 137
Red Streak of Blue Sky	p. 138
My Mixed Race Perspective	p. 139
Dust to Dust	p. 142
Polaroid Past	p. 144
Running from Racism	p. 145
Longing for You	p. 147
How Do I Move Into the Light	p. 148
Mr. Yin	p. 149
The Girl at the Window	p. 151
How I'll Remain	p. 152
Let It Go	p. 154
Precious Jade	p. 155
"I Don't Know"	p. 157
Pieces of Me Puzzles	p. 159
The Journey is only Begining	p. 161
Ways to Connect	p. 163
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