January 2023

Mamalita on Audible

If you feel like listening to me tell you a story, my memoir Mamalita is available on Audible.

Publishers Weekly called Mamalita “harrowing and moving,” while Marin Magazine said: “Regardless of age or intent, this is a riveting read.”

Quick note: The recording engineer described my narration as “performative.” So if you prefer a listening experience less dramatic, Mamalita may not be the audiobook for you.

Otherwise, thank you for taking this journey with me!

Mamalita on Audible.

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Somewhere Sisters

Up next for our adoption book group is Somewhere Sisters: A Story of Adoption, Identity and the Meaning of Family by journalist and UC Irvine professor Erika Hayasaki.

Hayasaki traces the lives of identical twin girls born in Vietnam and raised on opposite sides of the world–Ha in-country with her biological aunt and aunt’s partner and Isabella in Chicago with her adoptive parents and non-biological sister, adopted from the same orphanage. The twins reunite as preteens, and Hayasaki spent hundreds of hours interviewing them and their birth and adoptive families. Kirkus Reviews calls the book “An engaging portrait of intersected lives.” One chapter in and I’m intrigued.

Looking forward to the February discussion with my Bay Area Guatmamas.

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