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Stranger Than Fiction

On December 5, 2018November 30, 2018 By jaymekyopoIn UncategorizedLeave a comment

In third grade, I was in Mrs. Peterson’s class and given the assignment to do a family history project. I asked my adoptive parents about the project and they stated my Aunt Eirene had worked on the family tree and traced back across several hundred years. My family automatically skipped the fact that my own …

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LION Review by ICAV

On February 5, 2017September 20, 2021 By lynellelongIn Uncategorized4 Comments

Lynelle writes her thoughts after watching the film LION, about Saroo adopted from India after being a lost child.