As far back as she could remember, Shirley Munro had always known that she was adopted. What she didn’t know, at first, was how those two words, “you’re adopted,” were layered in mystery, forbidden identity, deceptions, and wishful fairytales — and then covered up with “in your best interest.”
This memoir has been lovingly stitched together with poetry, anecdotal storytelling, soul-stirring recollections, and histories. Shirley painstakingly reveals what it meant for her to have been born into the Baby-Scoop Era (post-Second World War to the late 1970s), in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
In heartbreaking detail, Shirley describes the cost of defying a family intent on secrecy. Defying provincial laws and societal attitudes to take back what had never been given up freely –- her identity (and that of everyone attached to her). The cost of taking the long, perilous, unmarked road back to her first families. Her story is a manifesto to restore truth and dignity to herself and others.
Adoptee Author: S M Munro
Publication Year: 2026
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