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Podcast: Thriving Adoptees - Let's Thrive
Episode: Adoptology
Description: Barbara Sumner grew up in a family filled with secrets and lies. At twenty-three she decided she had to find her mother. Remarkable, moving, beautifully written, Tree of Strangers is a ripping account of a search for identity in a country governed by adoption laws that deny the rights of the adopted person.She is currently a PhD student, researching adoption, third-party conception and the manufacture of identity. Her back catalogue includes writing and producing three multi-award-winning feature documentaries, a career in magazine features writing, event production, television, and bringing up four daughters. Barbara has an MA...