The Adoption Papers (SCARCE LATER PRINTING SIGNED BY AUTHOR, JACKIE KAY)

Kay, Jackie

ISBN 10: 185224156X / ISBN 13: 9781852241568

Published by Bloodaxe, Tarset, Northumberland, 2000

About this Item

VG. Later Printing, Fifth Impression. Paperback. SIGNED BY AUTHOR, JACKIE KAY, without dedication. Signing reads, 'Jackie Kay/June 2001/Salisbury'. 64pp. The author tells her story of a black girl's adoption by a white Scottish couple - from three different viewpoints: the mother, the birth mother and the daughter. This unique and honest volume of poems includes new poems reflecting issues of sexuality, Scottishness and being working working-class. Light edge-chipping to covers; else a very good copy; of a SCARCE later printing, fifth impression SIGNED BY AUTHOR, JACKIE KAY.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Adoption Papers (SCARCE LATER PRINTING SIGNED BY AUTHOR, JACKIE KAY)
• Publisher: Bloodaxe, Tarset, Northumberland
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 185224156X
• ISBN 13: 9781852241568
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: Fifth Impression.
• Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author, Jackie Kay
• Seller catalogs:
  • Poetry

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Synopsis

Jackie Kay tells the story of a black girl's adoption by a white Scottish couple- from three different viewpoints: the mother, the birth mother, and the daughter.

Review

Chapter 10: The Meeting Dream
Chapter 1: The Seed
Chapter 2: The Original Birht Certificate
Chapter 3: The Waiting Lists
Chapter 4: Baby Lazarus
Chapter 5: The Tweed Hat Dream
Chapter 6: The Telling Part
Chapter 7: Black Bottom
Chapter 8: Generations
Chapter 9: The Phone Call
Close Shave
Dance Of The Cherry Blossom
Death To Poll Tax
Dressing Up
He Told Us He Wanted A Black Coffin
I Try My Absolute Best
In The Seventh Year
It Used To Excite Me Even
Lighthouse Wall
Mummy And Donor And Deirdre
My Grandmother's Houses 1
My Grandmother's Houses 2
My Grandmother's Houses 3
Photo In The Locket 1
Photo In The Locket 2
Pounding Rain
Severe Gale 8: Cardboard
Severe Gale 8: Nhs
Severe Gale 8: The Pound
Severe Gale 8: The Third Hurricane
Severe Gale 8: [pounds]
Summer Storm, Capolona
The Underground Baby Case 1
The Underground Baby Case 2
The Underground Baby Case 3
The Underground Baby Case 4 Baby Kofi Missing 6 Weeks
The Underground Baby Case 4 Baby Kofi Missing 6 Weeks
The Underground Baby Case 6
Whilst Leila Sleeps
-- Table of Poems from Poem FinderŪ