An NPR Best Book of 2022 and Winner of a Nautilus Silver Book Award
“Stirring and unforgettable–a breathtaking adoption saga like no other.” —Robert Kolker, New York Times-bestselling author of Hidden Valley Road and Lost Girls It was 1998 in Nha Trang, Việt Nam, and Li?n struggled to care for her newborn twin girls. H? was taken in by Li?n’s sister, and she grew up in a rural village with her aunt, going to school and playing outside with the neighbors. They had sporadic electricity and frequent monsoons. H?’s twin sister, Loan, was adopted by a wealthy, white American family who renamed her Isabella. Isabella grew up in the suburbs of Chicago with a nonbiological sister, Olivia, also adopted from Việt Nam. Isabella and Olivia attended a predominantly white Catholic school, played soccer, and prepared for college. But when Isabella’s adoptive mother learned of her biological twin back in Việt Nam, all of their lives changed forever. Award-winning journalist Erika Hayasaki spent years and hundreds of hours interviewing each of the birth and adoptive family members. She brings the girls’ experiences to life on the page, told from their own perspectives, challenging conceptions about adoption and what it means to give a child a good life.Author: Erika Hayasaki
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Algonquin Books
Published: 10/03/2023
Pages: 320
Weight: 0.6lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9781643755366
Language: English
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