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The Adoption Papers

By:Jackie Kay
Publisher:Bloodaxe Books
Print ISBN:9781852241568
eText ISBN:9781780370392
Edition:0
Copyright:1991
Format:Reflowable

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Forward Prize for Best First Collection. Jackie Kay tells the story of a black girl's adoption by a white Scottish couple from three different viewpoints: the mother,the birth mother and the daughter. This unique and honest volumeof poems has been adapted for radio. Also included in thebook are new poems reflecting issues of sexuality, Scottishness and being working-class.

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