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Jan 09, 2014 05:54AM
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Description of Tapioca Fire:
"Tapioca Fire opens when Susan tries to solve the mystery of a missing parent only to uncover a greater crime. Susan Piper was adopted years ago in Thailand. A once-in-a-lifetime career opportunity brings her to Japan for the opening of a new museum. It also gives her the excuse to hop another flight to visit the world of the woman forced to give her away years ago. This quest is hers: she discovers the truth behind her relinquishment, the life she might have led and a new purpose for her life going forward.
But it is as much the story of her adoptive parents who became pioneers in transracial and international adoption after an irreversible tragedy. This tribute to all aspects of the adoption triad includes stories of the women and men who gave children away lovingly, pragmatically or under horrible duress, and introduces us to David who, like many adoptees, chooses never to search for his missing father.
If you want to learn more about adoption, including the rich search & reunion subculture populated with sleuths, search angels and political activists, Tapioca Fire is a journey worth taking."
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There are two listings for Tapioca Fire. The one with the photo with Discussions is the correct one. If you joined the Tapioca Fire Group with no cover photo, you can find Tapioca Fire with photo now
There are two listings for Tapioca Fire. The one with the photo with Discussions is the correct one. If you joined the Tapioca Fire Group with no cover photo, you can find Tapioca Fire with photo now
There are two listings for Tapioca Fire. The one with the photo with Discussions is the correct one. If you joined the Tapioca Fire Group with no cover photo, you can find Tapioca Fire with photo now
There are two listings for Tapioca Fire. The one with the photo with Discussions is the correct one. If you joined the Tapioca Fire Group with no cover photo, you can find Tapioca Fire with photo now
There are two listings for Tapioca Fire. The one with the photo with Discussions is the correct one. If you joined the Tapioca Fire Group with no cover photo, you can find Tapioca Fire with photo now
5)“Joseph” challenges Dr. Ames’ drawing a distinction between his freedom from responsibility as a sperm donor and his responsibility as a married father. Should it be black and white as Dr. Ames suggests? What, if any, are the responsibilities of sperm donors, egg donors and the facilitators of these reproductive technologies to the progeny? What are the rights of the progeny once they are adults? What, if any, rights to search should progeny have? Should donors have any?
4)Some reunions are not pursued, some mysteries are not solved (the identity of Susan’s birth father, Fred’s son, Ramona Graves’ history). Should Susan, David or the detective have dug deeper? In each case, would the costs or the benefits have been greater in pursuing a search?
3) David talks about societies shifting. His example is the ten years of the Holocaust when Germany shifted from being a place of relative tolerance among European nation states, to murderous intolerance, and then back again. David offers this as a possible model for seeking to shift societies where human trafficking seems entrenched. Can you offer other examples that support or refute the idea of societal shift?
2) Susan talks about “phantom limb pain” resulting from the loss of being relinquished. The football captain talks about always being in exile. At other times Susan, Faith and adult adoptees talk about being disempowered or infantilized by sealed adoption records or “closed adoptions.” Are these conditions necessary to protect the integrity and stability of the adoptive family? Are adoptive families less cohesive in “open adoptions” where the child adoptee has contact with birth relatives? Are adoptive families less or more cohesive after a reunion with a birth relative or relatives?
1) How would the novel’s emphasis have been different if told mostly from the perspective of David? Faith? Masha? There is a passage or chapter from each of these characters’ points of view. What do these add that we the readers would not have felt if told from Susan’s point of view?
