The Book of Sarahs: A Family in Parts

Catherine McKinley was one of only a few thousand African American and bi-racial children adopted by white couples in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Raised in a small, white New England town, she grew up with a persistent longing. After a five-year search marked by disappointment, she finds her birth mother and a half-sister named Sarah, the name originally given to her. When she locates her birth father and several of his eleven other children, she is then confronted with a revelation that threatens to destabilize all she has uncovered. In telling of her struggles, McKinley challenges us to rethink our own preconceptions about race, loyalty, and love.

• Author
• Catherine E. McKinley

• Format
• paperback

• Pages
• 304

• Publisher
• Counterpoint

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9781582432892

• Genres
• adoption, memoir, race

• Release date
• 2003