Ithaka A Daughter's Memoir of Being Found

Name: Ithaka A Daughter's Memoir of Being Found
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ISBN: 9780385334518

ISBN-10: 0385334516

ISBN-13: 9780385334518

Edition: N/A

Authors: Sarah Saffian

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The voice on the other end of the line was soft, yet forthright: "Sarah, my name is Hannah Morgan. I think I'm your birth mother." The phone call, wholly unexpected, instantly turned Sarah Saffian's world upside-down, threatening her sense of family, identity, self. Adopted as an infant twenty-three years before, living happily in New York, Sarah had been "found" by her biological parents despite her reluctance to embrace them. In this searing, lyrical memoir, Sarah chronicles her painful journey from confusion and anger to acceptance and, finally, reunion--but not until three soul-searching years had passed. In spare, luminous prose, Sarah Saffian crafts a powerful story of…

Book details

List price: $19.00
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Publication date: 10/12/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 324
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English



Prologue: Aperture


1993



Awakening



Intimate Strangers



Eros



Tiptoeing



Fresh-Washed Face



Her Eyes Have Seen the Glory



Two Steps Forward, One Step Back



The Anchor



Allies



Running Between the Raindrops



Lost


1994



Flake of Sun



Re-Searching



Origin



Parallels



Further Parallels



Mistakes


1995



Chimera



Birthday



Sea Changes



Twins



Finding Faith



Resurrection



Transition



Balance



Contact



December


1996



Origin



The Infinity Within


Epilogue: Aperture


Resources


Acknowledgments