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Somewhere sisters : a story of adoption, identity, and the meaning of family / Erika Hayasaki.
Van Pelt Library F548.9.V53 H39 2022
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hayasaki, Erika, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Vietnamese American girls--Illinois--Barrington--Biography.
- Vietnamese American girls.
- Twin sisters--Illinois--Barrington--Biography.
- Twin sisters.
- Twin sisters--Vietnam--Biography.
- Adopted children--United States--Biography.
- Adopted children.
- Adopted children--Vietnam--Biography.
- Intercountry adoption--Vietnam.
- Intercountry adoption.
- Intercountry adoption--United States.
- Solimene, Isabella Louise, 1998---Childhood and youth.
- Solimene, Isabella Louise.
- Nguyễn, Thị Hồng Hà, 1998---Childhood and youth.
- Nguyễn, Thị Hồng Hà.
- Solimene, Olivia Claire, 1999---Childhood and youth.
- Solimene, Olivia Claire.
- Illinois--Barrington.
- United States.
- Vietnam.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 303 pages : genealogical tables ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2022.
- Summary:
- "Isabella and Ha, identical twin girls born in Vietnam, were raised on opposite sides of the world, each having no idea that the other existed. Erika Hayasaki's deeply reported, intimate story of their journey back to each other upends common conceptions of adoption, family, and identity"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: PART ONE
- One. 1998
- Two. Ha
- Three. Loan and Nhu
- Four. The Baby Lifts
- Five. Lien
- Six. Ro and Tuyet
- Seven. Cuckoo Birds
- Eight. Isabella
- Nine. Cloth Monkeys
- Ten. Olivia
- Eleven. Wonderful Beginnings
- Twelve. Keely
- Thirteen. Baby Brokers and Viral Adoptions
- Fourteen. "Is the Baby Okay?"
- PART TWO
- Fifteen. A Twin Who Walks Alone
- Sixteen. Blindly Searching
- Seventeen. Fairy Tales
- Eighteen. The Letters
- Nineteen. Storms
- Twenty. The Fog
- Twenty-One. "I Got Her"
- Twenty-Two. Strangers in the Village
- Twenty-Three. "They Love Her"
- Twenty-Four. They Are Coming
- Twenty-Five. Motion Sickness
- Twenty-Six. The Cold
- Twenty-Seven. The Night
- Twenty-Eight. "Harder than This"
- Twenty-Nine. Always Loan
- Thirty. "Where I Am From"
- Thirty-One. "Be with Us"
- Thirty-Two. Goodbye
- Thirty-Three. "I Will Come Back"
- PART THREE
- Thirty-Four. America
- Thirty-Five. "We're Still Here"
- Thirty-Six. Switched
- Thirty-Seven. Powerful Marks
- Thirty-Eight. Similar Scars
- Thirty-Nine. Unspoken
- Forty. Grandma
- Forty-One. Where It Feels Safe
- Forty-Two. Climb Out.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-300).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Hiram G. Haney Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781616209124
- 1616209127
- OCLC:
- 1290014585
- Publisher Number:
- 99992127476
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