Accidental Sisters by Katherine Linn Caire

They Don’t Pay Me To Say No: My Life in Film and Television Props by Dean Goodine (centre), Goodine pictured taking a break in the shootout for the western Open Range directed by Kevin Costner (right), and alone at 3353m (11,000ft) with actor Idris Elba’s backpack on The Mountain Between Us (left).

So read on to find out more about the book, what makes it so interesting and what we can glean to inspire our own life-story projects … Continue reading All That She Carried: A National Book Awards winning family story by Tiya Miles Posted on OctoApCategories Reviews Revising and editing: How to take the headache out of editing a life story The life story was published by Penguin Random House last year and named the National Book Awards 2021 Nonfiction winner. It was penned by Harvard Professor Tiya Miles and tells how in the 1850s an enslaved South Carolina girl Ashley, 9, was sold away from her mother Rose. Mitchell of USA Today Network Book review: What you need to know about a South Carolina slavery keepsake that ended up in the SmithsonianĪll That She Carried: The journey of Ashley’s sack, a black family keepsake is a story of resistence against all odds. Photos by Penguin Random House and Kimberly P. But when her investigation uncovers a half-sister that Kathe never imagined existed, she must decide: open her heart and mind to a stranger who shares her DNA, or walk away without challenging her long-held beliefs about what it means to be part of a family.All That She Carried: The journey of Ashley’s sack, a black family keepsake (left) by Tiya Miles (right), Penguin Random House. With each piece of information she uncovers, the mystery of her birth parents' identities unravels a little more.

When an Internet search results in a dead end, Kathe's daughters present her with a birth mother search as a gift for Mother's Day. And to her surprise, she finds herself combing through vital records, researching every lead she can get her hands on. Suddenly, Kathe has more information than she bargained for.

But what begins as a simple investigation takes a startling swerve when the social worker who sends the records fails to redact a crucial bit of information. Kathe isn't interested in learning her birth parents' identities, just the details of their health. At age fifty-two, though, a sudden pull to learn more about her medical history sends her on an unexpected journey. Relinquished at birth to Catholic Charities in 1959, Kathe Linn Caire adores her adoptive family and has never considered searching for her birth parents.

Accidental Sisters by Katherine Linn Caire