Creole Son : An Adoptive Mother Untangles Nature and Nurture /

"E. Kay Trimberger integrates memoir, science, and social science to create a compelling story and cautionary tale, exploring through reflection and research her thirty-five-year journey in California as a white single mother of an adopted black/biracial son. When her son was twenty-six, Trimbe...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Trimberger, Ellen Kay, 1940- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2020]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Trimberger, Ellen Kay, > 1940-
Trimberger, Marco, > 1981-
Nature and nurture.
Interracial adoption.
Families.
Birthparents.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Personal Memoirs.
Nature and nurture > United States.
Adoptees > Drug use > United States.
Families > Louisiana.
Birthparents > Louisiana.
Interracial adoption > Louisiana.
Interracial adoption > California.
United States.
Louisiana.
California.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • INTRODUCTION by Andrew Solomon
  • PROLOGUE
  • CHAPTER 1. How It All Began
  • CHAPTER 2. Searches
  • CHAPTER 3. Tarnished Jewels
  • CHAPTER 4. Failure of an Alternative Family
  • CHAPTER 5. Childhood Trauma
  • CHAPTER 6. The Good Times
  • CHAPTER 7. Addiction
  • CHAPTER 8. Reconciliation
  • CHAPTER 9. Extending Family
  • AFTERWORD: The Creole Son Speaks, by Marc Trimberger
  • APPENDIX: Implications for Adoption Theory, Practice, and Research
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • NOTES
  • INDEX
  • Photographs follow page

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