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X-WR-CALDESC:Join us at Cuyahoga County Public Library Parma Heights Branch
  for a conversation with Marianne Novy\, author of 'Adoption Memoirs: Insi
 de Stories.' We are thrilled to be a partner of this event.\n\nRegistratio
 n will take place through Cuyahoga County Public Library's website. Regist
 er here: https://attend.cuyahogalibrary.org/event/10756248\n\nNovy is Prof
 essor Emerita of English and Gender\, Sexuality\, and Women's Studies at t
 he University of Pittsburgh. She is author of Reading Adoption: Family and
  Difference in Fiction and Drama and editor of Imagining Adoption: Essays 
 on Literature and Culture.\n\n'Adoption Memoirs' tells inside stories of a
 doption that popular media miss. Marianne Novy shows how adoption memoirs 
 and films recount not only happy moments\, but also the lasting pain of re
 linquishing a child\, the racism and trauma that adoptees such as Jackie K
 ay and Jane Jeong Trenka experienced\, and the unexpected complexities of 
 child-rearing adoptive parents Emily Prager and Jesse Green encountered.\n
 \nNovy considers 45 memoirs\, mostly from the 21st century\, by birthmothe
 rs\, adoptees\, and adoptive parents\, about same-race and transracial ado
 ption. These adoptees\, she recounts\, wanted to learn about their ancestr
 y and appreciated adoptive parents who helped. Birthmother Amy Seek shows 
 why open adoption is not simple\, and many other memoirs tell stories that
  continue past reunion.\n\n'Adoption Memoirs' will enlighten readers who l
 ack experience with adoption and help those looking for a shared experienc
 e to also understand adoption from a different standpoint.\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Join us at Cuyahoga County Public Library Parma Heights Branch 
 for a conversation with Marianne Novy\, author of 'Adoption Memoirs: Insid
 e Stories.' We are thrilled to be a partner of this event.\n\nRegistration
  will take place through Cuyahoga County Public Library's website. Registe
 r here: https://attend.cuyahogalibrary.org/event/10756248\n\nNovy is Profe
 ssor Emerita of English and Gender\, Sexuality\, and Women's Studies at th
 e University of Pittsburgh. She is author of Reading Adoption: Family and 
 Difference in Fiction and Drama and editor of Imagining Adoption: Essays o
 n Literature and Culture.\n\n'Adoption Memoirs' tells inside stories of ad
 option that popular media miss. Marianne Novy shows how adoption memoirs a
 nd films recount not only happy moments\, but also the lasting pain of rel
 inquishing a child\, the racism and trauma that adoptees such as Jackie Ka
 y and Jane Jeong Trenka experienced\, and the unexpected complexities of c
 hild-rearing adoptive parents Emily Prager and Jesse Green encountered.\n
 \nNovy considers 45 memoirs\, mostly from the 21st century\, by birthmothe
 rs\, adoptees\, and adoptive parents\, about same-race and transracial ado
 ption. These adoptees\, she recounts\, wanted to learn about their ancestr
 y and appreciated adoptive parents who helped. Birthmother Amy Seek shows 
 why open adoption is not simple\, and many other memoirs tell stories that
  continue past reunion.\n\n'Adoption Memoirs' will enlighten readers who l
 ack experience with adoption and help those looking for a shared experienc
 e to also understand adoption from a different standpoint.\n\n
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LOCATION:Cuyahoga County Public Library Parma Heights Branch\, 6206 Pearl R
 oad\, Parma Heights\, OH 44130 US
SUMMARY:A Conversation with Marianne Novy
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