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A fascinating and deep memoir of a woman who is contacted by her birth parents almost 24 years after they gave her up for adoption. Complicated and emotional. I highly recommend this book.
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ITHAKA: A Daughter's Memoir of Being Found
ITHAKA A Daughter's Memoir of Being Found
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The voice on the other end of the line was soft, yet forthright: "Sarah, my name is Hannah Morgan. I think I'm your birth mother." — The phone call, wholly unexpected, instantly turned Sarah Saffian's world upside-down, threatening her sense of family, identity, self. Adopted as an infant twenty-three years before, living happily in New York, Sar... more »
Author:
The voice on the other end of the line was soft, yet forthright: "Sarah, my name is Hannah Morgan. I think I'm your birth mother." — The phone call, wholly unexpected, instantly turned Sarah Saffian's world upside-down, threatening her sense of family, identity, self. Adopted as an infant twenty-three years before, living happily in New York, Sar... more »
ISBN-13: 9780385334518
ISBN-10: 0385334516
Publication Date: 10/12/1999
Pages: 324
Rating: 7
ISBN-10: 0385334516
Publication Date: 10/12/1999
Pages: 324
Rating: 7
3.1 stars, based on 7 ratings
Publisher: Delta
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
Reviews: Member | Amazon | Write a Review
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
Reviews: Member | Amazon | Write a Review
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When 23-year-old Sarah Saffian picked up the phone in January 1993 and heard a woman's voice on the other end say, "I think I'm your birth mother," she embarked on a journey both longed for and feared by almost all adopted children, the parents who raised them, and the ones who gave them up. Saffian's case was unusual: her birth parents eventually married and had three more children, her full-blood siblings. She honestly depicts her feelings of wariness and sometimes annoyance as they gently pressed her for a reunion. It was three years before Saffian felt ready to visit Hannah Morgan and Adam Leyder.
Genres:
- Biographies & Memoirs >> General
- Biographies & Memoirs >> Specific Groups >> Women
- Biographies & Memoirs >> Memoirs
- Parenting & Relationships >> Adoption
