One Excellent Day: A Mom and Son’s Story of Adoption and Reunion

The second Diane Burke, an writer and mom of two grown sons, obtained an sudden licensed letter within the mail, she had no concept her life could be shaken to its core. Reminiscences of a previous she had buried greater than forty years in the past abruptly resurfaced and she or he wasn’t ready to take care of them.

Steve Orlandi, fortunately married, father of two and step-father of three, was dwelling the everyday center class American life. However for the reason that age of eight, when he found he was adopted, he had led that life coping with internal questions on his self-identity and genetic historical past. At all times on his thoughts was one easy, but sophisticated and loaded query: Who am I?

In One Excellent Day, Diane shares with readers how she got here to the heartbreaking conclusion to offer her child up for adoption and the way this resolution has affected her life sense. By means of Steve’s invaluable perspective, readers will even expertise the lengths he traveled to find his mom’s identification and attain out to her, not understanding whether or not she’d need to meet with him after almost 4 many years of separation. All of it comes collectively on one excellent day.

This e-book asks and solutions the questions: What defines household? What does it imply to forgive? And is it well worth the time, power, and emotional price to like a stranger?