The adoption papers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kay, Jackie, 1961-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Adoption--Poetry.

English poetry.

Poetry.

Local Subjects:

Adoption--Poetry.

English poetry.

Poetry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Bloodaxe Books, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Forward Prize for Best First Collection. Jackie Kay tells the story of a black girl's adoption by a whiteScottish couple from three different viewpoints: the mother,the birth mother and the daughter. This unique and honest volumeof poems has been adapted for radio. Also included in thebook are new poems reflecting issues of sexuality, Scottishness and being working-class.

Contents:

Cover; Description; Title Page; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Table of Contents; THE ADOPTION PAPERS; PART ONE: 1961-1962; Chapter 1: The Seed; Chapter 2: The Original Birth Certificate; Chapter 3: The Waiting Lists; Chapter 4: Baby Lazarus; Chapter 5: The Tweed Hat Dream; PART TWO: 1967-1971; Chapter 6: The Telling Part; Chapter 7: Black Bottom; PART THREE: 1980-1990; Chapter 8: Generations; Chapter 9: The Phone Call; Chapter 10: The Meeting Dream; SEVERE GALE 8; Severe Gale 8; It used to excite me even; My Grandmother's Houses; Summer Storm, Capolona; Pounding Rain; In the Seventh Year

Photo in the LocketDance of the Cherry Blossom; He Told Us He Wanted a Black Coffin; Lighthouse Wall; Mummy and Donor and Deirdre; Close Shave; Dressing Up; I try my absolute best; Death to Poll Tax; Whilst Leila Sleeps; The Underground Baby Case; About the Author; Copyright

Notes:

Preliminaries omitted.

ISBN:

9781780370392

1780370393

OCLC:

779827539