Today’s guest is our friend, Anne Elise. Anne lives abroad and we talk about some of the intersections she sees between living as an American expat and being an adopted person. Anne shares what it’s like growing up with an adopted brother who was keen to live out the defiant “acting out” adoptee stereotype. We also talk about our love of reading adoptee-authored work and rejection from our birthmothers.

Show Notes

Full episode transcript here.

Recommended Resources

Living in Adoption’s Emotional Aftermath by Larissa MacFarquhar
Podcast: Adoptees Crossing Lines
The Normal One: Life with a Difficult or Damaged Sibling by Jeanne Safer
Mentioned: Wake Up Little Susie: Single Pregnancy and Race Before Roe V. Wade by Rickie Solinger
Mentioned: American Bastard by Jan Beatty (Adoptees On episode: 204)
Mentioned: Killing Karoline by Sara-Jayne King (Adoptees On episode: 97)

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