Positive Id

This is an unusually honest book about a woman with disabilities, adopted at the age of one, who uncovers her own identity by solving the mystery of her biological parents and extended family. It is told with attention to the wide range of emotions connected with such a search. As a young woman in her 30s, the author collects bits and pieces of her heritage, starting with clues to her diagnosed incapacities. Her search uncovers the unsolved murder of her mother, background information about her adopted parents, disclosure of siblings, and other genealogical information. All through the untangling of this real-life mystery, the author gains self-confidence in her strengths and turns an undefined dilemma into known triumphs.