TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gibney,Shannon
TI  - The girl I am, was, and never will be: a speculative memoir of transracial adoption 
SN  - 9780593111994
PY  - 2023///
CY  - New York
PB  - Dutton Books
KW  - Gibney, Shannon
KW  - Interracial adoption
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Racially mixed people
KW  - Identity (Philosophical concept)
KW  - Adoption
KW  - Racially mixed families
KW  - Families
KW  - Young adult fiction
KW  - Biographical fiction
KW  - lcgft
N1  - Includes bibliographical references; Ages 14 and up; Dutton Books; Grades 10-12; Dutton Books
N2  - Erin Powers navigates growing up as a mixed-Black transracial adoptee being raised by a white, closeted lesbian mother. Based on the author's experience; Two girls on different timelines-- each growing up as a mixed-Black transracial adoptee-- find their lives bridged by a mysterious portal. Part memoir, part speculative fiction, Gibney examines the absurdities of the adoptee experience through her own adoption experiences. -- adapted from jacket
ER  -