Carol read excerpts and discussed her book with the Southminster Book Club at the home of Margaret and Lawrence Cumming. Members made insightful comments and asked thoughtful questions. Dorothy Naylor held a delightful writers’ lunch for Carolyn Pogue, Margaret Singleton and Carol. Margaret is an adoptee who wrote “The Box in the Closet: My journey to claim who I am” was present. Her book is a story of loss and recovery but it is also a story of love, strength and redemption. Carolyn writes books for children, teens and adults. Her book “Gwen” is a historical novel about a young orphan who is brave and resourceful. Carolyn writes stories and pieces for The United Church Observer. The writers shared and talked about their books with each other.
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AuthorCarol Bowyer Shipley brings a unique perspective to the world of adoption as an adoptee, an adoptive mother and an adoption professional. As adoption practitioner and birth parent counsellor, she worked for 25 years in the private adoption system and public child welfare agencies in Ontario with adoptees, birth parents and adoptive parents. Recently retired, she lives in Ottawa, Canada, with her husband, Ken. Her four children, their spouses, and seven grandchildren constantly enrich her life. This is the updated edition of her first book, published in 2013. Archives
July 2016
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