Connecting Threads: Five Siblings Lost and Found

Connecting Threads: Five Siblings Lost and Found is a powerful story of identity, belonging, and the resilience of the human spirit. All were separated by foster care and closed adoptions. One sibling's life and search for first family, belonging, and culture, one thread at a time.

A memoir.

A graphic memoir about siblings of Indigenous and European-American heritage who are taken from their first family, placed in foster care, and most were adopted-a story of the journey to find each other and their first family.

This is the story of the complex needs of adopted children that are often ignored when family and medical histories are missing. Children in foster care and adoptive families have many losses, including loss of family, culture, heritage, and a sense of belonging and continuity that can leave them feeling unconnected. The trauma of changing families causes identity confusion, even in those with loving and supportive families.

Author: Em Blake
Publisher: Nisse Press LLC
Published: 07/02/2024
Pages: 116
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.30d
ISBN: 9781938627088

About the Author
Blake, Em: - The author-illustrator is one of five children who were removed from their first family over time, placed in foster care, and most were adopted. Because of closed adoptions, it took decades to connect scarce information to find her siblings. Not having a medical history caused health problems to go undiagnosed. Information about their Indigenous identity and Northern European roots was vague. When her daughter was born, this was the first time she could remember gazing into the eyes of a relative. She didn't know until decades later that she had lived with her first mother for weeks or months. Because her siblings did not grow up together, it took time to know each other, feel solid in their identity, and develop a deep sense of belonging. This happy ending came after a complicated childhood with many challenges.

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