"Adoption Songs" is a compelling choice for your next book club read, offering a profound exploration of identity, family, and belonging. Its beautifully crafted stories provide intimate glimpses into the complex emotions and experiences surrounding the adoption experience… sometimes heartwarming, sometimes heartbreaking. We all know someone who has adopted or has been adopted but may not realize how that experience has countless effects on the molecular level. “Adoption Songs” introduces its readers to those stories… and can change how you see, and hear, the world!
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1. What stood out to you most about Adoption Songs?
2. What is your relationship with adoption?
3. Do you know people that are adopted or have adopted? What are their stories? What was their experience?
4. What do you think about the idea of adoption trauma?
5. What emotions did Adoption Songs evoke for you?
6. Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not? What audience would you recommend this book to?
7. How did Adoption Songs shift your perspective about adoption/adoptees/adopters?
8. Which track was your favorite? Least favorite?
9. What do you think the author’s goal was in writing this book? What ideas were they trying to illustrate? What message were they trying to send?
10. What do you think about the differences in the ways adoption has been viewed and/or treated over the decades?