Title:
The girl I am, was, and never will be : a speculative memoir of transracial adoption / Shannon Gibney.
ISBN:
9780593111994
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Publication Information:
New York : Dutton Books, 2023.
©2023
Physical Description:
237 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Awards Note:
Honor book for the Michael L. Printz Award (2024)
Winner of the Minnesota Book Award (Young adult literature / 2024)
Summary:
Erin Powers navigates growing up as a mixed-Black transracial adoptee being raised by a white, closeted lesbian mother. Based on the author's experience.
Two girls on different timelines-- each growing up as a mixed-Black transracial adoptee-- find their lives bridged by a mysterious portal. Part memoir, part speculative fiction, Gibney examines the absurdities of the adoptee experience through her own adoption experiences. -- adapted from jacket
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OCLC Number:
on1351681557
Availability:
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