Adopted soft cover

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’ — Kathryn Ryan

as well as valuable furniture and significant paintings

’ — Max Oettli

The place each has in the patchwork of the narrative creates a vivid overall view of the people of this place and the unique histories they have made together

Adopted soft coverThe experience of closed adoption in Aotearoa New Zealand To not know your family story is a huge loss of your sense of self. It has the potential to undermine your wellbeing and your relationships across a lifetime. Adopted is the powerful and honest account of two of the thousands of children affected by closed adoption in Aotearoa New Zealand, from 1950 to the mid 1970s. Jo Willis and Brigitta Baker both sought and found their respective