Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee Stories

Emily: Putting the Pieces of Life Back Together

February 14, 2023 Louise Browne & Sarah Reinhardt Season 3 Episode 12
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee Stories
Emily: Putting the Pieces of Life Back Together
Show Notes

Emily Sinagra was born and relinquished, in 1958, at a Salvation Army Hospital for Unwed Mothers. After four months of foster care, she was placed in a closed adoption. Thirty years later, she found her birth parents and has been trying to put herself back together ever since. Writing, theatre, improv, clowning, painting, these are the tools she wields to patch and paste. Her memoir, How I got Born, is nearing completion, and she hopes her voice will collaborate with others to change assumptions about adoption and provide impetus for change. Most importantly, she is the mother of three adult children and one granddaughter. Miracles, all. Emily presently lives in Portugal.

Also in this episode, Sarah and Louise wrap up their first memoir of Season Three with a discussion of A.M. Homes' "The Mistress's Daughter".

If you'd like to read along with Sarah and Louise, go here: The Mistress's Daughter by A.M. Homes

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