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"... the last time we saw each other was not a 'good-bye', not a 'see you later' but a never-ending farewell..."
I was pleased and honored that the staff of The Adoptees' Homecoming Project Support Center asked me to be one of just a handful of distributors for this important new book, The Letter Never Sent II, one that should be read not only by adoptees, but their adoptive parents, as well.
Written in both English and Korean, many of the letters are illustrated with the authors' referral photos as well as personal photos of the adults they are today
This new collection of letters and poems express the complexity of emotions related to birth family and vividly present the lingering questions that adoptees often carry through their lives regarding family and loss. Each letter represents an individual voice and heart. Together, these letters represent a window in the soul of adult adoptees - their deepest fears and joys, anger and ambivalence.
CONTENTS
Prologue
Part 1 - Loss
Part 2 - Hope
Part 3 - Before/After Reunion
Part 4 - Reconnecting
Part 5 - History
Epilogue
Sbout the Adoptees' Homecoming Support Center at the International Educational & Cultural Exchange Foundation (IECEF)
This non-profit organization is dedicated to providing services to Korean adoptees who wish to visit or live in Korea and those who seeking assistance in searching for birth families. This book and its predecessor, The Letter Never Sent I were produced in an effort to support adoptees in birth family searches.
(175 pages/paperback bound)
Roberta's Note: If you've read, I Wish for You A Beautiful Life, the collection of letters written by birth mothers to their babies, this is its most genuine counterpoint. As an adoptive parent to two beautiful Korean-born children, I was deeply moved and engaged in every letter, every poem, and every personal photograph. I urge every adoptive parent - and not just to Korean-born children - to read and re-read The Letter Never Sent II. And when the time is right (or close to right), give it to your child to read for him or herself. And let the dialog begin...
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