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Interview with JoAnne Bennett of The Adoptee Survival Guide

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Hi JoAnne! Thanks for being willing to do this interview today!   You state you live in the Pacific Northwest.  Being from the Midwest and never visiting the  PNW (yet!), I am curious to know what it is that people love about living there? I still remember with fondness when I first moved from California to Oregon with my husband and our oldest daughter. We have three daughters, one was born in Los Gatos, CA, one born in Kirkland, WA, and one in Portland, OR. The beautiful Pacific Northwest is so green from the tops of the tall trees to the golf-course-looking grass. I had previously lived in many cities across CA and in Reno, NV, up until the age of 6, but I feel the most at home in Oregon. At first, my lungs weren’t acclimating to the dampness in the air, and I ended up in the hospital, and then Mount Saint Helens blew a short time after we arrived. After moving here, we had just changed our license plates when I walked out of the grocery store. Ther...

Proud to Announce the Release of The Adoptee Survival Guide

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Hi friends!  I haven't had the time to post here on my blog as of late as I was taking on the monumental task of publishing my first book!  Its been an exciting journey and I want to thank everyone for their support over the last year.  This project would have never been possible without the courageous contributors who joined me in telling their stories. 30 adoptees, from different countries and states in the U.S. all came together for this project. We have an Australian-born contributor, a Canadian-born contributor and a contributor born in Hong Kong.  The age ranges of adoptees are from 20's to 70's.  Some of the authors are writers for Lost Daughters, some are first-time authors and many who already have published books out.  I will be featuring each writer on a blog tour in the coming weeks and months.  We will hi-light each of the author's other writings on adoption or in some cases, their books and articles in other genres. Last week was an...