Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee Stories
Alana Godin, a Vancouver-born adoptee raised by loving parents who longed for a daughter, grew up grateful yet constrained by expectations, later becoming a young mother whose second child sparked a determined search for her origins. Through years of searching and eventual reunion with both birth parents and many siblings, Alana’s journey—marked by mental health struggles, chronic illness, and deeper understanding of her mother’s relinquishment—became one of resilience, healing, and the fundamental right to know where we come from.
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