Diehr Breedlove (ePub)

In this gripping, compelling memoir, a 25-year-old adoptee locates his birth family in four world-changing days after 21 years and must learn to love and balance the two worlds that threaten to crash and destroy both him and his families: adoptive and biological.



Christopher Breedlove lived what would seem to be a great life. He had parents who loved him, a sister who adored him, and he moved and grooved well in all spaces he spent time.



Yet, he always wondered if something was missing.

 

He had memories, snapshots of a life he couldn’t recall.



He had abandonment issues that often left him in a rage toward other people. 



He had family members with too-loud whispers who spoke of adoption while in his presence.



When he went with questions to the people he trusted the most, his parents, no true answers were given.



In Diehr Breedlove, Christopher takes readers on a desperate search of self-discovery that occurs when he finally gets an answer he always suspected: he’s adopted. He details with clarity and honesty his issues with abandonment and how they revealed themselves through learning about his life before adoption; his near-death struggles with substance abuse and self-mutilation, which were exacerbated by his self-discovery journey; and his ongoing and, at times, traumatic work to learn about his dual life while keeping those he loves close.



Along the way, Christopher leaves advice and lessons learned so that others who embark on the adoptee journey—and those who are making it through life in general—can be girded with knowledge that will strengthen, encourage, and assist through the arduous process of self-discovery.