Relative Truths: Stories of Adoption, Family, and Belonging

From one of Canada's most celebrated journalists comes an intimate collection of interviews that illuminate the joys, pains, traumas, and triumphs of adoption-featuring conversations with John Irving, Jenny Heijun Wills, Marilyn Churley, and more.

Adoption tales dominate our shared stories and culture-from Anne of Green Gables to Moses in his basket-but until recently, the complexities of many adoptees' experiences were rarely given voice. As laws and attitudes change around adoptees' rights...