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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     More Content       More by this author     Mooney, Harrison.     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.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Mooney, Harrison.       by title:      Invisible boy : a me...       by call number:      362.734089 M818i     Search the Web     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.       MARC Display

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. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status Due Date   Halifax North Memorial Public Library Adult Black Nonfiction 362.734089 M818i Adult books Checked out Jul 16, 2024 Add Copy to MyList

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