Clap when You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo. In this book, the parent is dead, but the protagonist travels to his home country and discovers she has a half sister she never knew about.
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Th is is actually a YA; but a very good read: Find a Stranger, Say Goodbye by Lowry
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J. Irving, Until I find you
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You might check out The Leavers by Lisa Ko. An undocumented mother disappears, her son ends up getting adopted and then struggles to figure out where he fits. It’s been a while since I read it so I can’t remember his age, but he does end up trying to find his mother.
I just finished one yesterday – The Monsters of Templeton, by Lauren Groff. To be more accurate, it’s about the protagonist trying to ascertain the identity of her father, by means of delving into archives and family history – rather than his being physically missing.
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For non fiction, all you can ever know. It’s about an adoptee finding her birth family but they are complicated
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My name is light by Elsa Osorio
It’s the story of an argentinian woman who needs to understand the story of her birth in troubled times
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Clap when You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo. In this book, the parent is dead, but the protagonist travels to his home country and discovers she has a half sister she never knew about.
Th is is actually a YA; but a very good read: Find a Stranger, Say Goodbye by Lowry
J. Irving, Until I find you
You might check out The Leavers by Lisa Ko. An undocumented mother disappears, her son ends up getting adopted and then struggles to figure out where he fits. It’s been a while since I read it so I can’t remember his age, but he does end up trying to find his mother.
W.G. Sebald – [Austerlitz](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/88442.Austerlitz)
Remarkably Bright Creatures
I just finished one yesterday – The Monsters of Templeton, by Lauren Groff. To be more accurate, it’s about the protagonist trying to ascertain the identity of her father, by means of delving into archives and family history – rather than his being physically missing.
For non fiction, all you can ever know. It’s about an adoptee finding her birth family but they are complicated
My name is light by Elsa Osorio
It’s the story of an argentinian woman who needs to understand the story of her birth in troubled times
The Leavers by Lisa Ko
All You Can Ever Know by Nicole Chung
A long way home by Saroo Brierley
(there was a movie a few years back called Lion)