Preface : a word on theory, method, language (and source notes) -- Personal strands -- Family, obviously -- Our story -- Motherhood, adoption and race -- Unraveling the pieces -- Motherhood in the marketplace -- Adoption in the age of genetics -- Talking about race -- What I learned at the Schomburg -- Images -- Children of a diaspora -- Protégés -- The pet -- The trophy child -- Imagine -- Weaving the pieces -- Home from the Schomburg -- Going places -- Culture : celebrating diversity -- Identity : pride and joy -- Entitlement : that can't be your baby -- Hair : braiding together culture, identity and entitlement -- Weaving a way home.
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