Including More Than 450 Adoptee-Recommended Titles!

Category: Vietnam

  • Somewhere Sisters: A Story of Adoption, Identity, and the Meaning of Family

    Somewhere Sisters: A Story of Adoption, Identity, and the Meaning of Family

    by Erika Hayasaki

    An incredible, deeply reported story of identical twins Isabella and Hà, born in Viêt Nam and raised on opposite sides of the world, each knowing little about the other’s existence until they were reunited as teenagers, against all odds. It was 1998 in Nha Trang,…

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  • The Best Possible Immigrants: International Adoption and the American Family

    The Best Possible Immigrants: International Adoption and the American Family

    by Rachel Rains Winslow

    Prior to World War II, international adoption was virtually unknown, but in the twenty-first century, it has become a common practice, touching almost every American. How did the adoption of foreign children by U.S. families become an essential part of American culture in such a…

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  • Black Anthology: Adult Adoptees Claim Their Space

    Black Anthology: Adult Adoptees Claim Their Space

    Edited by Susan Harris O’Connor, MSW; Diane René Christian; Mei-Mei Akwai Ellerman, PhD

    People who identify as Black adoptees are vaguely known within both adoption circles as well as universal discussions. We are just beginning to be introduced to one another. This anthology allows for the opportunity to see the rich diversity of a people; the uniqueness within…

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  • Vietnamese.Adopted: A Collection of Voices

    Vietnamese.Adopted: A Collection of Voices

    by Indigo Willing, Anh Đào Kolbe, Dominic Golding, Tim Holtan, Cara Wolfgang, Kev Minh Allen, Adam Chau, Landa Sharp, Michael Nhat

    Vietnamese.Adopted: A Collection of Voices is a group of writings each in their own form and style, un-censored in content or subject matter, allowing each person to speak on what being a Vietnamese Adoptee, Adopted Vietnamese, or Vietnamese War Orphan is to them, as well…

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  • Outsiders Within: Writing on Transracial Adoption

    Outsiders Within: Writing on Transracial Adoption

    Edited by Jane Jeong Trenka, Julia Chinyere Oparah, and Sun Yung Shin

    Many adoptees are required to become people that they were never meant to be. While transracial adoption tends to be considered benevolent, it often exacts a heavy emotional, cultural, and economic toll on those who directly experience it. Outsiders Within is a landmark publication that carefully…

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