The Girl I Am, Was, and Never Will Be

A Speculative Memoir of Transracial Adoption

The Girl I Am, Was, and Never Will Be
Shannon Gibney
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Hardback
h217 x 149mm - 256pg
10 Jan 2023 US
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9780593111994
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Part memoir, part speculative fiction, this novelexplores the often surreal experience of growing up as a mixed-Black transracial adoptee. Dream Country author Shannon Gibney returns with a new book woven from her true story of growing up as the adopted Black daughter of white parents and the fictional story of Erin Powers, the name Shannon was given at birth by the white woman who gave her up for adoption. At its core, the novel is a tale of two girls on two different timelines occasionally bridged by a mysterious portal and their shared search for a complete picture of their origins. Gibney surrounds that story with reproductions of her own adoption documents, letters, family photographs, interviews, medical records, and brief essays on the surreal absurdities of the adoptee experience. The end result is a remarkable portrait of an American experience rarely depicted in any form.
Shannon Gibney is an author and university professor. Her novel See No Colour, drawn from her life as a transracial adoptee, was hailed by Kirkus as "an exceptionally accomplished debut" and by Publishers Weekly as "an unflinching look at the complexities of racial identity. " Her sophomore novel, Dream Country, received five starred reviews and earned her a second Minnesota Book Award. She lives with her two Liberian-American children in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Status: Indent title, imported to order
ISBN-13: 9780593111994
Published: 10 Jan 2023
Published In: United States
Imprint: Dutton Books for Young Readers
Publisher: Dutton Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardback
Height: 217mm
Width: 149mm
Spine: 23mm
Weight: 357g
Pages: 256

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