01764cam a2200301 i 4500 764459790 TxGeo 20230413120000.0 230105s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2022043509 9780807006511 hbk. 0807006513 hbk. TxGeo rda Tucker, Angela, author. You should be grateful : stories of race, identity, and transracial adoption / Angela Tucker. Boston, MA : Beacon Press, [2022] 194 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction: adoptee manifesto -- Part I: discovery -- You should be grateful -- The adoptee lounge -- How much did I cost? -- My ghost kingdom -- The search -- Part II: experiencing -- White privilege by osmosis -- Sandy the flower man -- Unclaimed -- Filling the void -- Survivor's guilt -- Sandy's death -- I'm still looking for my baby -- The "M" word -- Part III: reckoning -- Us vs. Them -- The sondersphere -- An out-of-bounds love. "In "You Should Be Grateful," Tucker centers the experiences of adoptees to share deeply personal stories, well-researched history, and engrossing anecdotes from mentorship sessions with adopted youth. These perspectives challenge the fairy-tale narrative of adoption, giving way to a fuller story that explores the impacts of racism, classism, family, love, and belonging"-- Provided by publisher. 20230427. Interracial adoption. Adoptees. QS5