{"product_id":"b0gn3bbgh5","title":"Finding Michelle Canu","description":"\u003cp\u003eThey told me I was a success story. They lied.\u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cbr\u003e\n Before I ever became an author or an advocate, I was a foster kid. I was a file number lost in the cold world of the Maine adoption system. I spent my life believing a false version of my past, a story written by caseworkers and abusive foster parents.\u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cbr\u003e\n I had once thought I was the girl who made it out alive. I was the damaged child who finally became something more.\u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cbr\u003e\n That narrative was destroyed during an interview, where I was asked whether my struggles stemmed from an abusive foster home, or from my drug-addict biological mother. Soon, I realized that everything I knew about my mother, my heritage, and my adoption was a construct designed to keep me quiet and complacent.\u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cbr\u003e\n From the gut-wrenching reality of life inside adoption to the biological war of bipolar disorder and PTSD: This is my relentless hunt for the truth .\u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cbr\u003e\n I went looking for my mother to explain the past, but I ended up finding the daughter who is strong enough to own the future.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ANT","offers":[{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":54063096201579,"sku":"YSL9100","price":6.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/1674\/0203\/files\/61v8QkpB2kL._SY1500.jpg?v=1791961644","url":"https:\/\/www.booktavero.com\/products\/b0gn3bbgh5","provider":"BookTavero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}