Today the author of our April Adoptees On(ly) book club pick, Bastards is with us! Mary Anna King was one of our very first podcast guests almost six years ago on season one. We discuss the challenges of being a kinship adoptee, the things that are often overlooked (like estrangements and other conflicts) that can force children to be unfairly used as weapons. We also talk about what it feels like to be a generational trauma cycle-breakers as Mary is expecting her first child.

Show Notes

Recommended Resources

Bastards by Mary Anna King (Listen to her first [Episode 7] and second appearances [Episode 67] on Adoptees On)
What Next? The Adoptee Rights Podcast - episode 6 “Cleanup” with the Vermont Adoptee Rights Working Group
Vermont Adoptee Rights Working Group
Adoptee Rights Law
Hear more about Greg Luce on his Adoptees On episode 182

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