âTwice A Daughter is not just another tale of an adoptee's search for truth. This is a story about the discoveries that searching for the truth reveals, how it sets you free and offers the gift of love.â ~Linda Joy Myers, founder of the National Association of Memoir Writers
What does it mean to grow up without a sense of who you are and where you come from?
Julie is adopted. Sheâs also a twin. Because their adoption was closed, she and her sister lack both a health history and their birth parentsâ namesâwhich becomes an issue for Julie when, at forty-eight years old, she finds herself facing several serious health issues.
Julieâs search for her birth relatives spans five years and involves a search agency, a PI, a confidential intermediary, a judge, an adoption agency, a social worker, and a genealogist. By journeyâs end, what began as a simple desire for a family medical history has evolved into a complicated questâone that unearths secrets, lies, and family members that are literally right next door.