Postcards from Cookie: A Memoir of Motherhood, Miracles, and a Whole Lot of Mail

作者: Caroline Clarke 著

出版社:HarperCollins

出版時間:2014-04

頁數(shù):320

虛構(gòu):非虛構(gòu)

ISBN:9780062103178

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Award-winning journalist and host of Black Business Report Caroline Clarke's moving memoir of her search for her birthmother—Cookie Cole, the daughter of Nat King Cole—and the relationship that blossomed between them through the heartfelt messages they exchanged on hundreds of postcards.Caroline Clarke was born in an era when adoptions were shameful, secret, and sealed. While she wondered about her biological parents, she kept her curiosity in check, until a series of small health problems raised concerns about her genetic heritage and its consequences for her two children's lives and her own.Though Spence-Chapin Family Service, the agency that handled her adoption, could not reveal the name of her birth mother, it was able to provide details that lead to a shocking truth. Caroline's birth mother and her family were related to a friend. The woman who gave her life was none other than Carole "Cookie" Cole, the daughter of iconic crooner and pianist Nat King Cole.Drawing on details provided by the agency and her own investigative skills, Carole embarked on a life-changing journey of discovery that stretched from coast to coast, forged through e-mail, phone calls, and post cards. Th... (展開)

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