My Secret Mother: an adoptee speaks to the girls who went away

By Robert J Bannon

Adoption is an act of pure love but what about the emotions of the mother who gave birth and then relinquished a child she bore for nine months. As an adoptee, Mr. Bannon wondered about the circumstances surrounding his own birth and spent his life looking at everything from his own point of view. Through the random picking of an interestingly titled book, he learned about the lifelong connection between mother and child as they shared feelings of loss, abandonment, loneliness, anger, fear and the haunting realization that they were always different.
This new paradigm caused him to explore his own feelings and then capture and express his thoughts about the mother he never met. A very personal journey through the emotions that lay boarded up inside for over five decades is laid bare for all to see in this tender but inspirational offering.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Robert J Bannon
• Release date: Sep 12, 2011
• ISBN: 9781465722560

Robert J Bannon

Bob's life experiences span many areas. In terms of work, he has spent many years in sales and general management and was a successful registered stock broker and ended his working career as a personal tax advisor for a decade. During his career, he excelled at teaching and leading many classes of beginners in writing, investing, and tax matters.He is now `retired, ` whatever that means. He is busy writing, traveling when possible, cooking for himself and his wife of over 40 years, watching his twin grandsons play hockey, enjoying the great outdoors in Western Canada, and an immense amount of reading.Bob has experienced adventures ranging from presenting a daily market report on radio, television presentations on several subjects, traveling to many parts of the world for business and pleasure, and one of his greatest adventures, hiking the West Coast Trail on the Pacific Coast of Vancouver Island. A book followed that.

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