In this uplifting memoir, the author recounts how and why members of the Vance family left organized religion in 1997 and went on to expand their belief system to include Eastern Philosophy. This Generation-X Coming-of-Age young adult story documents unique all-American experiences and shares the author's loyalty to the adoptive family prompted by the empathy she feels when her adoptive father survives a 1984 traumatic brain injury, which led to providing his care until 2021. The story focuses on transitioning from being raised in a fundamentalist Christian family to accepting a philosophical point of view that values all of nature after being kicked out of the church.

"As a fellow inter-country adoptee, this book means so much to me because it validates the experience I went through growing up in the 70' and 80s." 

The Search for Mother Missing: A Peek Inside International Adoption by Janine Vance

In this contemporary tale detailing a two-week trip that explores intercountry adoption from South Korea, twin sisters travel to their birth city of Seoul in search of their Korean family. Little incidents along the way serve as a catalyst that leads them into a worldwide modern-day adoptee-rights movement seeking truth and transparency.

"Wow, this was an interesting read. I knew nothing about adoption, let alone foreign adoption, prior to reading this thought-provoking and eye-opening book."

Korean Adoptee Anthology 2023 compiled by the Vance Twins

These stories validate the experiences of all those who have been ridiculed or outright abused but have found the will to survive, thrive, and share their tale. Adopted people all over the world are reclaiming the right to truth and access to birth documents. This book is a living testament on why previous "orphans" do not endorse the profitable Evangelical Orphan Movement. Those who work in the human rights field, whistleblowers, or adopted, will see the value of this book. After years of forced "positivity" led by the profiteers, it is time to be real. These are real stories from individuals no longer serving the adoption pioneers' fanciful wishes and advertising campaigns.

"A Powerful Collection."

The Vance Twins co-founded Adoption Truth and Transparency Worldwide Information Network. For years they have shown compassion and support to the community, which includes domestic, inter-country, late-discovery adoptees, AND long-lost families. If you are adopted, you can identify with the author's adoption experience, but if you are not adopted, you will get a real taste of how it 'feels' to be adopted with all the extra issues that most people never have to deal with or think about. So don't be shy about picking up this book. You will not regret it.

Adoption History: An Adoptee's Research Into Child Trafficking by Janine Myung Ja

These stories validate the experiences of all those who have been ridiculed or outright abused but have found the will to survive, thrive, and share their tale. Adopted people all over the world are reclaiming the right to truth and access to birth documents. This book is a living testament on why previous "orphans" do not endorse the profitable Evangelical Orphan Movement. Those who work in the human rights field, whistleblowers, or adopted, will see the value of this book. After years of forced "positivity" led by the profiteers, it is time to be real. These are real stories from individuals no longer serving the adoption pioneers' fanciful wishes and advertising campaigns.

"A Powerful Collection."