Seeking Forgiveness tells the story of interracial adoption in the United States today, from the perspective of a white mother who adopts a Black son and finds she has no idea what the hell she is doing. Rachel, the adoptive mother of Miles, receives a call from the police in the middle of the night informing her that her son has been arrested. She rushes to the police station to help Miles, consumed with worry that she has failed to protect her son from events beyond his control. For the next eight hours, as Rachel desperately tries to get Miles out of jail, she recalls their life together…mehr
Seeking Forgiveness tells the story of interracial adoption in the United States today, from the perspective of a white mother who adopts a Black son and finds she has no idea what the hell she is doing. Rachel, the adoptive mother of Miles, receives a call from the police in the middle of the night informing her that her son has been arrested. She rushes to the police station to help Miles, consumed with worry that she has failed to protect her son from events beyond his control. For the next eight hours, as Rachel desperately tries to get Miles out of jail, she recalls their life together and the events that have led them to their current situation. In so doing she questions her competence as a mother, the viability of interracial adoption, and whether her son will ever forgive her for the mistakes she made as his adoptive mother. A rich commentary on motherhood, adoption, and race relations in America today, this suspenseful narrative memoir will linger long after the immediate tension of the novel has been resolved. If you enjoy female-driven autobiographical novels such as Motherhood by Sheila Heti, I Love Dick by Chris Kraus, and Dept of Speculation by Jenny Offill, you will want to read this novel. Similarly, if you are drawn to stories of racial identity and interracial relations, including Born a Crime by Trevor Noah, The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennnett, Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi, and The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas, you will also be glad you picked up this suspenseful, moving, semi-autobiographical narrative memoir.
Lea Rachel comes from a literary background. Her grandmother, Beki Bahar, is an internationally published Turkish author and poet and her uncle, Anthony Kosnik, co-authored a number of well-respected liturgical books. Lea has been writing short stories since she was a little girl, and while in college at The University of Michigan she had two short stories published in competitive University of Michigan literary publications, Prism and The Write Stuff.Over the years Lea has traveled, wrote, and established a career as a university professor. Her first published book, The Other Shakespeare, won an honorable mention from the London-based Wishing Shelf Book Awards. The Other Shakespeare tells the story of William Shakespeare, had he been born a woman. Drawing inspiration from Virginia Woolf's A Room of One's Own, Lea Rachel imagines the difficulties a female Shakespeare might have had, trying to pursue her craft while breaking the bounds of modern convention.Lea's most recent published book, Seeking Forgiveness, similarly investigates themes of representation and cultural repression. It tells the story of inter-racial adoption from the standpoint of a white woman who adopts a Black son and finds that she has no idea what in the world she is doing. A semi-autobiographical narrative memoir, Seeking Forgiveness draws deeply from Lea Rachel's personal experiences with adoption and the raising of an inter-racial family.Lea has attended the University of Iowa summer writing workshops, and is a dedicated member of a local, and enthusiastic, St. Louis writing group. You can read samples of her writing, including the award-winning Insidious Red Parasite, on her writing page.
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