Category Archives: adoption

Memoir: Your Journey, an Inheritance

Posted on February 10, 2019 by moonbridgebooks

Now what? Last week I attended our county library’s author event with Dani Shapiro, whose latest book is Inheritance: A memoir of genealogy, paternity, and love. The room was packed, all to hear her fascinating story of shocking discovery through … Continue reading →

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“Stories lessen the distance between us”

Posted on January 31, 2016 by moonbridgebooks

That’s what our church’s youth leader said this morning during his testimony about his time as a Marine in Iraq and how we can learn that others that seem so different are so much alike. During January we were learning … Continue reading →

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More on making family stories and genealogy come alive: “Yokohama Yankee”

Posted on August 18, 2013 by moonbridgebooks

The story begins at a funeral marking the “fading presence in Yokohama of a family that witnessed Japan’s transformation from a feudal nation ruled by samurai into one of the world’s greatest industrial powers.” Yokohama Yankee: My Family’s Five Generations … Continue reading →

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