{"product_id":"what-they-never-told-us-9781510780187","title":"What They Never Told Us","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom acclaimed bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eWhite Like Her: My Family's Story of Race and Racial Passing\u003c\/i\u003e, comes a brand new collection of stories of people uncovering their past.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat They Never Told Us\u003c\/i\u003e tells the stories of ordinary people who made extraordinary, life-changing discoveries about their parentage and\/or race and ethnicity that fractured their identities. The book asks the big questions: Who are we? And what is family? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Blending social history and personal narratives, each story delves into the devastating psychological trauma of uncovering a hidden family secret with all the twists and turns of a mystery novel from how the discovery was made; to why it was kept secret; to the arduous, sometimes disappointing, quest to find the biological parent or parents. To fully understand the secrecy surrounding these family secrets, the book examines pre-WWII and post-WWII attitudes toward infertility, adoption, donor conception, race a","brand":"Skyhorse Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50059050910039,"sku":"9781510780187","price":22.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781510780187.jpg?v=1740454486","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/what-they-never-told-us-9781510780187","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}