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Books About Domestic Adoptions in Africa

  • Lucky Bastard

    Lucky Bastard

    by Anthony Akerman

    When he was ten years old, the author was told he’d been adopted. It was a seismic event that turned his world upside down. Nobody was who he thought they were. His mother wasn’t his mother; his father wasn’t his father; his sister wasn’t his…

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  • Umbilicus

    Umbilicus

    by Paula Gruben

    Charlotte van Katwijk guards herself like a secret. Kids are cruel, and she knows if they find out she’s adopted, she’ll be a bully’s easy target. When they are fourteen, Charlotte’s best friend’s mom commits suicide. It triggers in Charlotte a sense of urgency to…

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