A Ghost at Heart's Edge

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"A Ghost at Heart's Edge"
edited by Susan Ito and Tina Cervin

Publisher: North Atlantic Books
ISBN: 1556433239

The stories, poems, and song lyrics included in this anthology create a painting, taking shape and form with each stroke of the brush, each daub of color adding to the definition of the shadow at the periphery of our vision, that wisp of ghostly presence.

Venture into the childless void of a young couple wanting to give each other what biology denies, what their love for each other seeks for completeness, what their hearts reach out for and to. Listen in as sixteen-year-olds, mature beyond their years, live through nine months of loving and caring for a baby they cannot keep, talk and give of and about themselves to this child they may never see after birth. Walk in the shoes of a small boy named Frank - you're really not interested in sharing your mother and father with this recent arrival, this girl person who suddenly appeared one day, walking in your front door holding the hands of your parents. You try and fail to lose her somewhere, only to realize months later that your heart indeed has room for a baby sister. And share in Anna’s world of if-onlys: if only there had been money, or a place to go; if only they had let me hold her just once; if only they could have predicted that she was the only child I would ever conceive.

Each glimpse into the telling moment in the lives and hearts of birth parents, adoptive parents, adoptees, those who love them, and those who use them, adds texture to this canvas called adoption.

Envision the painting. Buy the book.

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