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Nom de plume Lucy Chau Lai-Tuen
Lucy Sheen is a ♀ Transracial Adoptee, a 50+ dyslexic, East Asian Artist, a published author,poet and playwright.

#Adoptees of Colour are not your diversity quota.

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	Adoption Therapy by Laura Dennis (Editor), Karen Belanger (Goodreads Author), Brooke Randolph (Goodreads Author) 4.35 avg rating — 55 ratings — published 2014 — 5 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
	Dear Wonderful You, Letters to Adopted & Fostered Youth by Diane René Christian (Goodreads Author) (Co-Editor), Joanne Bennett (Contributor), Rosita González (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.33 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	The Adoptee Survival Guide: Adoptees Share Their Wisdom and Tools by Lynn Grubb (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Von Coates, Wendy Barkett 4.35 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Flip the Script: Adult Adoptee Anthology by Diane René Christian (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Rosita González (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Amanda H.L. Transue-Woolston (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.71 avg rating — 24 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
	It's Not About You: Understanding Adoptee Search, Reunion & Open Adoption by Brooke Randolph (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Annie Jacobs, April Dinwoodie 4.57 avg rating — 23 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
	Perpetual Child: Adult Adoptee Anthology: Dismantling the Stereotype by Diane René Christian (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Amanda H.L. Transue Woolston (Editor), Laura Dennis (Contributor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Poeming Pigeons: Poems About Birds by Shawn Aveningo (Editor), Lucy Chau Lai-Tuen Sheen (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Jennifer Kemnitz (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2015	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
	Foreign Goods: A Selection of Writing by British East Asian Artists by Jingan Young (Editor), Amber Hsu (Contributor), Cathy S.K. Lam (Contributor) 4.67 avg rating — 3 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
	Elevator Fiction by Afshan D'souza-Lodhi (Editor), Abi Idowu, Ali Raza Ilyas 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings	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
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“I am a cultural Frankinstein”
― Lucy Chau Lai-Tuen

tags: east-asian, identity, rejection, transracial-adoption

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“I have no definable history before I was abandoned and taken in by the orphanage in Hong Kong. I truly am a blank sheet. I have been disconnected from my ancestors. I don't know who they are, where they came from or whether any of their line still exists. The ancestral umbilical cord that would have connected me to my past and linked me to my future, was permanently severed. It cannot be reattached”
― Lucy Chau Lai-Tuen

tags: adooption, belonging, culture, ethnicity, identity, loss, race

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“I am a cultural Frankenstein”
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tags: east-asian, identity, transracial-adoption

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