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Mooney, Harrison.
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Mooney, Harrison -- Childhood and youth.
Adoptees -- Canada -- Biography.
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Mooney, Harrison.
Mooney, Harrison -- Childhood and youth.
Adoptees -- Canada -- Biography.
Interracial adoption -- Canada.
Blacks -- British Columbia -- Biography.
Blacks -- Canada -- Biography.
Blacks -- Race identity -- Canada.
Adoption -- Religious aspects -- Protestant churches.
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Invisible boy : a memoir of self-discovery / Harrison Mooney.
by
Mooney, Harrison.
Patrick Crean Editions, an imprint of Harper Collins Publishers Ltd., 2022.
Call #:
362.734089 M818i
Subjects
Mooney, Harrison
--
Childhood and youth.
Adoptees
--
Canada
--
Biography.
Interracial
adoption
--
Canada.
Blacks
--
British Columbia
--
Biography.
Blacks
--
Canada
--
Biography.
Blacks
--
Race identity
--
Canada.
Adoption
--
Religious
aspects
--
Protestant
churches
.
ISBN:
9781443463935 (trade pbk)
Edition:
1st Canadian ed.
Description:
xvi,310 p. ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-310).
Summary:
"A narrative that amplifies a voice rarely heard
--
that of the child at the centre of a transracial
adoption
--
and a searing account of being raised by
religious
fundamentalists. Harrison Mooney was born to a West African mother and adopted as an infant by a white evangelical family. Growing up as a Black child, Harry’s racial identity is mocked and derided, while at the same time he is made to participate in the fervour of his family’s revivalist church. Confused and crushed by fundamentalist dogma and consistently abused for his colour, Harry must transition from child to young adult while navigating and surviving zealotry, paranoia and prejudice. After years of internalized anti-Blackness, Harry begins to redefine his terms and reconsider his history. His journey from white cult to Black consciousness culminates in a moving reunion with his biological mother, who waited twenty-five years for the chance to tell her son the truth: she wanted to keep him. This powerful memoir considers the controversial practice of transracial
adoption
from the perspective of families that are torn apart and children who are stripped of their culture, all in order to fill evangelical communities’ demand for babies. Throughout this most timely tale of race, religion and displacement, Harrison Mooney’s wry, evocative prose renders his deeply personal tale of identity accessible and light, giving us a Black coming-of-age narrative set in a world with little love for Black children."--Publisher.
Genre:
Memoirs.
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Halifax North Memorial Public Library
Adult Black Nonfiction
362.734089 M818i
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