Constance Bierkan

Alone in a Crowded Room (eBook, ePUB)

An Adoption Story

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

When five-year-old Lexie Saunders learns she is adopted and is told she is handpicked by Mother from a line-up of baby cribs, her life is forever changed. Instead of feeling special, Lexie becomes haunted by Mama, the mystery lady who gave birth to her.

The disappearance of Mama leaves a hole in Lexies heart, keeping her separate and feeling different from others. She often experiences acute loneliness even in the midst of a crowd of friends or family. Were she to learn the reason for her adoption, perhaps she would feel complete. However, searching for Mama means a possible rejection plus it might devastate the mother who has raised her.

Lexie, Mama, and Mother have each suffered greatly: one the loss of a mother, one the loss of a child, and one the loss of fertility. Together in the adoption triad, they are like the notes of a musical chord, inextricably intertwined for better or worse.

In recognition of her adopted grandparents and aunts unconditional love, Lexie will eventually gain the courage to search for answers plaguing her over a lifetime. Will they bring closure or open old wounds?

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: LifeRich Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 286
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. September 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781489712905
• Artikelnr.: 52567174

Autorenporträt

Constance Bierkan, adopted in 1952, was told she was "special" because she was "chosen." Despite the kind manner in which she learned of her adoption she struggled most of her life with a sense of never fitting in. It was the constancy of summer visits to her grandparents' ranch where she experienced unconditional love, what it meant and where it could lead. Her journey as an adoptee inspired the sequence of vignettes found in Alone in a Crowded Room, her first book. She now lives in Colorado with her husband, Kurt and their Belgian Shepherd, Ollie and is working on her second novel.