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OverviewPart memoir, part speculative fiction, The Girl I Am, Was, and Never Will Be explores the often surreal experience of growing up as a mixed-Black transracial adoptee. A Michael L. Printz Award Honor Book Part memoir, part speculative fiction, this novelexplores the often surreal experience of growing up as a mixed-Black transracial adoptee. Dream Country author Shannon Gibney returns with a new book woven from her true story of growing up as the adopted Black daughter of white parents and the fictional story of Erin Powers, the name Shannon was given at birth by the white woman who gave her up for adoption. At its core, the novel is a tale of two girls on two different timelines occasionally bridged by a mysterious portal and their shared search for a complete picture of their origins. Gibney surrounds that story with reproductions of her own adoption documents, letters, family photographs, interviews, medical records, and brief essays on the surreal absurdities of the adoptee experience. The end result is a remarkable portrait of an American experience rarely depicted in any form. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Shannon GibneyPublisher: Dutton Books for Young Readers Imprint: Dutton Books for Young Readers Dimensions: Width: 14.90cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 21.70cm Weight: 0.357kg ISBN: 9780593111994ISBN 10: 0593111990 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 10 January 2023 Recommended Age: From 14 years Audience: Young adult , Teenage / Young adult Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviewsAn ambitiously authentic adoption story where fiction does the work of truth, and archives, correspondence, and health records provide the roots of fantasy. -Kirkus Reviews, starred Gibney captures such interior and intimate adoptee feelings. It's so rare to see it evoked on the page. Breathtakingly beautiful. -Kimberly McKee, PhD, author of Disrupting Kinship: Transnational Politics of Korean Adoption in the United States An ambitiously authentic adoption story where fiction does the work of truth, and archives, correspondence, and health records provide the roots of fantasy. -Kirkus Reviews, starred review A fantastical, transcendent memory collage that shirks convention in search of what is real and true about familial bonds. -PW, starred. Readers will praise the raw honesty and insight in this lovingly crafted memoir. -Booklist, starred review This deeply felt and unusually creative book is recommended for readers aged fourteen to adult, and will be an especially important resource for people of all ages with a connection to transracial adoption. The final section of the book, a group text thread including the author and other writers with this background, resonates with the solace of shared experience. -Minneapolis Star Tribune Gibney captures such interior and intimate adoptee feelings. It's so rare to see it evoked on the page. Breathtakingly beautiful. -Kimberly McKee, PhD, author of Disrupting Kinship: Transnational Politics of Korean Adoption in the United States Gibney captures such interior and intimate adoptee feelings. It's so rare to see it evoked on the page. Breathtakingly beautiful. -Kimberly McKee, PhD, author of Disrupting Kinship: Transnational Politics of Korean Adoption in the United States An ambitiously authentic adoption story where fiction does the work of truth, and archives, correspondence, and health records provide the roots of fantasy. -Kirkus Reviews, starred This deeply felt and unusually creative book is recommended for readers aged fourteen to adult, and will be an especially important resource for people of all ages with a connection to transracial adoption. The final section of the book, a group text thread including the author and other writers with this background, resonates with the solace of shared experience. -Minneapolis Star Tribune Gibney captures such interior and intimate adoptee feelings. It's so rare to see it evoked on the page. Breathtakingly beautiful. -Kimberly McKee, PhD, author of Disrupting Kinship: Transnational Politics of Korean Adoption in the United States Author Information"Shannon Gibney is an author and university professor. Her novel See No Color, drawn from her life as a transracial adoptee, was hailed by Kirkus as ""an exceptionally accomplished debut"" and by Publishers Weekly as ""an unflinching look at the complexities of racial identity."" Her sophomore novel, Dream Country, received five starred reviews and earned her a second Minnesota Book Award. The Girl I Am, Was, and Never Will Be earned a Michael L. Printz Honor. She lives with her two Liberian-American children in Minneapolis, Minnesota." Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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