Monica Hall

Practically Still a Virgin (2024)

Practically Still a Virgin is a gripping memoir recounting a fifteen-year-old adoptee's experience of rape and the pregnancy that changed her life.

Adopted and raised during Alaska’s lawless 1970s oil-boom era, Monica grows up amid trauma and dysfunction. As a teen, she rebels into delinquency. When Monica is raped and becomes pregnant, her religious parents push her into giving up her baby, her only known blood relative, for adoption. These events kick off a decades-long search for family and belonging. Thread by thread, she weaves together the truth of her identity, pulled by yearning for her daughter and the mother who gave her away.

Where:	Adoptee Authors, Booth #223 (Seats 1)
When:	Sat, Mar 15, 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Genre:	Memoir / Essays / Creative Nonfiction