Adoptee Memoirs

Memoirs and anthologies from an adoptee’s perspective

A Single Square Picture by Katy Robinson

 

A Wealth of Family: An Adopted Son’s International Quest for Heritage, Reunion, and Enrichment by Thomas Brooks

 

Adoption Papers by Jackie Kay

 

Becoming Patrick by Patrick McMahon

Beneath a Tall Tree Jean A. S. Strauss

 

Black Baby White Hands: A View from the Crib by Jaiya John

 

Blending In: Crisscrossing the Lines of Race, Religion, Family, and Adoption by Barbara Ann Gowan

 

Bravo Your Life! by Mi Soon Burzlaff

 

Daughter of the Ganges: A Memoir by Asha Miro

 

Dust of the Streets: The Journey of a Biracial Orphan of the Korean War by Thomas Park Clement

 

Even Tough Girls Wear Tutus: Inside the World of a Woman Born in Prison – Deborah Jiang Stein

 

Finding Fish: A Memoir by Antwone Q. Fisher

From Morning Calm to Midnight Sun by Sunny Jo

 

Fugitive Visions: An Adoptee’s Return to Korea by Jane Jeong Trenka

 

 

 

 

Ghost of Sangju: A Memoir of Reconciliation by Soojung Jo  [My review here]

 

Here: A Visual History of Adopted Koreans in Minnesota by Kim Jackson and Heewon Lee

Identical Strangers: A Memoir of Twins Separated and Reunited by Elyse Shein and Paula Bernstein

 

In Search of Belonging edited by Perlita Harris

 

 

Like Family: Growing Up in Other People’s Houses – a Memoir by Paula McLain

 

Looking for Lost Bird: A Jewish Woman Discovers Her Navajo Roots by Yvette Melanson with Claire Safran

 

Lost Daughters: Writing Adoption From a Place of Empowerment edited by Amanda H.L. Transue-Woolston

 

Lucky Girl by Mei-Ling Hopgood

 

My Fathers’ Daughter by Hannah Pool

 

Oceans Apart: A Voyage of International Adoption by Mary Mustard Reed

 

One Small Sacrifice by Trace A. DeMeyer

 

Outsiders Within: Writing on Transracial Adoption

 

Parenting As Adoptees, Edited by Adam Chau and Kevin Vollmers

 

Pieces of Me: Who do I Want to Be edited by Bert Ballard

 

Red Dust Road: An Autobiographical Journey by Jackie Kay

 

Secret Daughter: A Mixed-Race Daughter and the Mother Who Gave Her Away by June Cross

 

Seeds from a Silent Tree: An Anthology By Korean Adoptees

 

Songs of My Families: A Thirty-Seven-Year Odyssey from Korea to America and Back by Kelly Fern

 

Ten Thousand Sorrows by Elizabeth Kim

 

The Book of Sarahs: A Family in Parts by Catherine E. McKinley

 

The Declassified Adoptee Essays of an Adoption Activist by Amanda H.L Transue-Woolston

 

The Language of Blood by Jane Jeong Trenka

 

The Mistress’s Daughter by A. M. Homes

 

The Translation of Han by Hei Kyong Kim

 

The Women Who Raised Me: A Memoir by Victoria Rowell

 

Three Little Words: A Memoir by Ashley Rhodes-Courter

 

Trail of Crumbs: Hunger, Love, and the Search for Home by Kim Sunee

 

Twins Found in a Box: Adapting to Adoption by Jeannine Vance

 

Voices from Another Place: A Collection of Works from a Generation Born in Korea and Adopted to Other Countries edited by Susan Soon-Keum Cox

 

Yes, Chef: A Memoir by Marcus Samuelsson