Tucson Festival of Books

Separated at Birth: Adoptee Voices


Millions of American adoptees have their own unique stories to tell, and in this session we will hear some of them from two authors who are themselves adoptees. Our panelists will be Marianne Novy, author of "Adoption Memoirs: Inside Stories," and Susan Kiyo Ito, author of "I Would Meet You Anywhere."


Panelists
Susan Kiyo Ito

Growing up with adoptive nisei parents, Susan Kiyo Ito knew only that her birth mother was Japanese and her father was white. Meeting her birth mother in her 20s was only the beginning of her search for answers, history and identity....

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Marianne Novy

Marianne Novy taught English Literature at the University of Pittsburgh for 40 years. In her early 30s, she met her birthmother and seven half-brothers. Her latest book is "Adoption Memoirs," which discusses 45 books published by birthmothers, adoptees and adoptee parents....

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Books:
Adoption Memoirs
Inside Stories
Marianne Novy
Memoir / Essays / Creative Nonfiction
Temple University Press
June 2024
ISBN 9781439925904
262 pages
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I Would Meet You Anywhere
A Memoir
Susan Kiyo Ito
Memoir / Essays / Creative Nonfiction
The Ohio State University Press
November 2023
ISBN 9780814258835
262 pages
The author will make this book available for sale at the Indie Author Pavilion during the Festival.