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Flip the Script: Adult Adoptee Anthology
'Flip the Script: Adult Adoptee Anthology' is a dynamic artistic exploration of adoptee expression and experience. This anthology offers readers a diverse compilation of literature and artistry from a global community of adoptees. From playwrights to poets, filmmakers to photographers, essay writers to lyricists —all have joined together inside these pages to enlighten and educate. We encourage you to Flip through this book and discover what it truly means to Flip the Script!
CONTRIBUTORS: TRACY AABEY-HAMMOND, KEVIN MINH ALLEN, LEIGHA BASINI, MI OK SONG BRUINING, NICOLE J. BURTON, ANNA CAVANAGH, LARRY CLOW, ELIZABETH COLE, LAURA COTTER, JOSHUA CROME, AMIRA ROSE DAVIS, APRIL DINWOODIE, MEI-MEI AKWAI ELLERMAN, PHD, CECILIA HEIMEE FLUMÉ, SHANNON GIBNEY, ROSITA GONZALÉZ, SARAH ELIZABETH GREER, LYNN GRUBB, SUSAN HARRIS O’CONNOR, MSW, JODI HAYWOOD, MEGGIN NAM HOLTZ, SUSAN ITO, SOOJUNG JO, CATHERINE A. JOHNSTON, MELISSA DAE SOOK KIM, MILA C. KONOMOS, ADEL KSK, LUCY CHAU LAI-TUEN, WENDY M. LAYBOURN, KATIE HAE LEO, STEPHEN DAVID LUKESON, JAMIE LYNN, M.C. MALTEMPO, KIMBERLY MCKEE, PHD, GRACE NEWTON, KAYE PEARSE, ZARA PHILLIPS, MATTHEW SALESSES, CHRISTINE SATORY, LIZ SEMONS, BEATA SKONECKI, LMSW, JOE SOLL, LCSW, JULIE STROMBERG, ANNEGHEM WALL, DARYN WATSON, DIANE WHEATON, CHRISTOPHER WILSON
CONTRIBUTORS: TRACY AABEY-HAMMOND, KEVIN MINH ALLEN, LEIGHA BASINI, MI OK SONG BRUINING, NICOLE J. BURTON, ANNA CAVANAGH, LARRY CLOW, ELIZABETH COLE, LAURA COTTER, JOSHUA CROME, AMIRA ROSE DAVIS, APRIL DINWOODIE, MEI-MEI AKWAI ELLERMAN, PHD, CECILIA HEIMEE FLUMÉ, SHANNON GIBNEY, ROSITA GONZALÉZ, SARAH ELIZABETH GREER, LYNN GRUBB, SUSAN HARRIS O’CONNOR, MSW, JODI HAYWOOD, MEGGIN NAM HOLTZ, SUSAN ITO, SOOJUNG JO, CATHERINE A. JOHNSTON, MELISSA DAE SOOK KIM, MILA C. KONOMOS, ADEL KSK, LUCY CHAU LAI-TUEN, WENDY M. LAYBOURN, KATIE HAE LEO, STEPHEN DAVID LUKESON, JAMIE LYNN, M.C. MALTEMPO, KIMBERLY MCKEE, PHD, GRACE NEWTON, KAYE PEARSE, ZARA PHILLIPS, MATTHEW SALESSES, CHRISTINE SATORY, LIZ SEMONS, BEATA SKONECKI, LMSW, JOE SOLL, LCSW, JULIE STROMBERG, ANNEGHEM WALL, DARYN WATSON, DIANE WHEATON, CHRISTOPHER WILSON
- GenresAdoption
200 pages, Paperback
Published October 31, 2015
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About the author
Diane René Christian
10 books74 followersDiane René Christian is an award winning short story writer turned
novelist. Her work has appeared in various print and electronic publications.
Diane René Christian was raised in Pennsylvania and spent her childhood years playing in the fields of Valley Forge Park. She now resides in the Pacific Northwest.
Christian's family tree has been shaped by adoption in many ways. Her paternal grandfather and her father were both adopted. She is also an adoptive mother to two children.
In 2005 she traveled to China to adopt her youngest daughter. A year and a half later she returned to China to adopt her oldest daughter. Christian's novel 'An-Ya and Her Diary' is dedicated to her children.
novelist. Her work has appeared in various print and electronic publications.
Diane René Christian was raised in Pennsylvania and spent her childhood years playing in the fields of Valley Forge Park. She now resides in the Pacific Northwest.
Christian's family tree has been shaped by adoption in many ways. Her paternal grandfather and her father were both adopted. She is also an adoptive mother to two children.
In 2005 she traveled to China to adopt her youngest daughter. A year and a half later she returned to China to adopt her oldest daughter. Christian's novel 'An-Ya and Her Diary' is dedicated to her children.
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November 6, 2015
This is a cornucopia of talent.It is an anthology in the truest form.
It shares the profoundest of feelings and emotions through prose, poetry and art.
It is a collection to muse on, to debate, to reflect, to empathise and sympathise with.
It will challenge, probably agitate, stimulate and give you pause for much thought.
Collective nouns and group identifiers tend to take away the uniqueness and individuality of those that make up a group. Thus enabling the wider society to see a "groups" as a single entity and therefore everyone in the group looses their individuality and has only the "group identifier" which invariably is incorrect and founded upon misguided assumptions.
FLIP the SCRIPT shows that Adoptees like any other group in society experience the full range of emotions and experiences.
How society perceives us has a huge impact on how we as individuals with add baggage and challenges in turn perceive ourselves.
This is a book that you will pour over again and again Lucy Chau Lai-Tuen Sheen
Merged review:
This is a cornucopia of talent.It is an anthology in the truest form.
It shares the profoundest of feelings and emotions through prose, poetry and art.
It is a collection to muse on, to debate, to reflect, to empathise and sympathise with.
It will challenge, probably agitate, stimulate and give you pause for much thought.
Collective nouns and group identifiers tend to take away the uniqueness and individuality of those that make up a group. Thus enabling the wider society to see a "groups" as a single entity and therefore everyone in the group looses their individuality and has only the "group identifier" which invariably is incorrect and founded upon misguided assumptions.
FLIP the SCRIPT shows that Adoptees like any other group in society experience the full range of emotions and experiences.
How society perceives us has a huge impact on how we as individuals with add baggage and challenges in turn perceive ourselves.
This is a book that you will pour over again and again
It shares the profoundest of feelings and emotions through prose, poetry and art.
It is a collection to muse on, to debate, to reflect, to empathise and sympathise with.
It will challenge, probably agitate, stimulate and give you pause for much thought.
Collective nouns and group identifiers tend to take away the uniqueness and individuality of those that make up a group. Thus enabling the wider society to see a "groups" as a single entity and therefore everyone in the group looses their individuality and has only the "group identifier" which invariably is incorrect and founded upon misguided assumptions.
FLIP the SCRIPT shows that Adoptees like any other group in society experience the full range of emotions and experiences.
How society perceives us has a huge impact on how we as individuals with add baggage and challenges in turn perceive ourselves.
This is a book that you will pour over again and again Lucy Chau Lai-Tuen Sheen
Merged review:
This is a cornucopia of talent.It is an anthology in the truest form.
It shares the profoundest of feelings and emotions through prose, poetry and art.
It is a collection to muse on, to debate, to reflect, to empathise and sympathise with.
It will challenge, probably agitate, stimulate and give you pause for much thought.
Collective nouns and group identifiers tend to take away the uniqueness and individuality of those that make up a group. Thus enabling the wider society to see a "groups" as a single entity and therefore everyone in the group looses their individuality and has only the "group identifier" which invariably is incorrect and founded upon misguided assumptions.
FLIP the SCRIPT shows that Adoptees like any other group in society experience the full range of emotions and experiences.
How society perceives us has a huge impact on how we as individuals with add baggage and challenges in turn perceive ourselves.
This is a book that you will pour over again and again
November 17, 2015
Adoption is complex and this anthology of adult adoptee voices enriches our understanding of the adoptee experience. Each story is unique and offers insight into what adoptees need as they parse a lifetime affected by adoption.
The authors share with courage and honesty. Much of their experiences is contrary to long-established cultural myths and thus sere an important reframing of adoption practices and adoptive parenting. After all, who better to help us understand adoption than those who live it first hand? As an adoptive parent I appreciate the authors' willingness to share their hard-earned wisdom. It helps me to better parent and to better support other adoptive families.--Gayle H. Swift, "ABC Adoption & Me"
The authors share with courage and honesty. Much of their experiences is contrary to long-established cultural myths and thus sere an important reframing of adoption practices and adoptive parenting. After all, who better to help us understand adoption than those who live it first hand? As an adoptive parent I appreciate the authors' willingness to share their hard-earned wisdom. It helps me to better parent and to better support other adoptive families.--Gayle H. Swift, "ABC Adoption & Me"
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