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Heart That Silence Built: Poems about adoption, trauma, permanency and family.

by Wendy Hayes

Poems on adoption and the truths left unspoken

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AlbakiReads Editorial

Poems on adoption and the truths left unspoken

Wendy Hayes brings together poems written between the ages of 12 and 30, drawing on a complex adoption journey. Across the collection, adoption is considered through love, family, loss, grief, and trauma, while silence and its effects on identity provide a connecting thread. The span of years gives the book a frame for writing that comes from different stages of the author’s life, with attention to experiences that may remain difficult to voice.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teens and young adults interested in poetry about adoption and family.
  • Readers exploring themes of identity, grief, trauma, or unspoken experiences.

Themes

AdoptionFamily and loveLoss and griefTraumaSilence and identity

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Book overview

Healing from many of the unspoken pains of her adoption journey, Wendy explores themes of love, family, loss, grief, and trauma with this book. Silence, and it's impact on identity, is another major theme explored, with hopes that it will touch the hearts of so many adoptees that hold unspoken truths about their journeys. Wendy started writing poetry the year her younger sister was born, and this book features work authored between the ages of 12 and 30 from a complex adoption journey.
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