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Podcast: Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee Stories
Episode: S1 Ep. 7: Madeline and Laura
Description: In this episode, Sarah and Louise discuss Chapter Seven of “The Primal Wound” by Nancy Newton Verrier. They then talk to Madeline and Laura Lillis, two sisters from Kansas City with a unique story.Raised in a single-parent household by their biological dad, Madeline and Laura’s relationship to adoption may not be apparent to an unfamiliar listener. However, in this episode, these sisters describe their unique relationship to and perspective on adoption with discussion about their biological mother’s adoption and the generational trauma they are determined to dismantle. Here's our affiliate link for Buzzsprou...