| Description |
xiii, 194 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 184-189) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: adoptee manifesto -- Part I: discovering -- You should be grateful -- The adoptee lounge -- How much did I cost? -- My ghost kingdom -- The search -- Part II: experiencing -- White privilege by osmosis -- Sandy the flower man -- Unclaimed -- Filling the void -- Survivor's guilt -- Sandy's death -- I'm still looking for my baby -- The "M" word -- Part III: reckoning -- Us vs. Them -- The sondersphere -- An out-of-bounds love. |
| Summary |
"In "You Should Be Grateful," Tucker centers the experiences of adoptees to share deeply personal stories, well-researched history, and engrossing anecdotes from mentorship sessions with adopted youth. These perspectives challenge the fairy-tale narrative of adoption, giving way to a fuller story that explores the impacts of racism, classism, family, love, and belonging"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Interracial adoption.
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Adoptees.
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| ISBN |
9780807006511 (cloth) |
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