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Jacob Taylor-Mosquera

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Born

in Cali, Colombia

Website

https://www.imetmyselfmemoir.com/

Genre

Memoir, Nonfiction, Biography

Member Since

June 2020

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Born in Cali, Colombia, Taylor-Mosquera is adopted to the Pacific Northwest in the United States after seven months in an orphanage in the same city. His biological mother keeps his birth a secret from her family. Twenty years later, Taylor-Mosquera returns to Colombia to search for her. After a taxi ride and a live television interview, he makes contact with a family who did not know of his existence. He does this while learning Spanish and navigating what it means to be Black both in the U.S. and Colombia, while also struggling with trying to belong to two very different socio-economic realities. I Met Myself in October: A Memoir of Belonging is his debut book about his journeys back to Colombia and culminates with the developing search f ...more

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	I Met Myself in October: A Memoir of Belonging 4.61 avg rating — 31 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Decoding Our Origins by Abby Forero-Hilty, Paul Aboulafia, Gloria Ayshel Amaya 4.25 avg rating — 12 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars