Creole Son: An Adoptive Mother Untangles Nature and Nurture Trimberger Ellen Kay
Creole Son: An Adoptive Mother Untangles Nature and Nurture Trimberger Ellen Kay Creole Son is the compelling memoir of a single white mother searching to understand why her adopted biracial son grew…
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Creole Son: An Adoptive Mother Untangles Nature and Nurture Trimberger Ellen Kay
Creole Son is the compelling memoir of a single white mother searching to understand why her adopted biracial son grew from a happy child into a troubled young adult who struggled with addiction for decades. Kay Trimberger finds, lie in both nature and nurture.When five--day--old Marco is flown from Louisiana to California and placed in Trimberger's arms, she assumes her values and example will be the determining influences upon her new son's life. The answers, E.
Using her training as a sociologist, Trimberger explores behavioral genetics research on adoptive families. Twenty--six years later, when she helps him make contact with his Cajun and Creole biological relatives, she discovers that many of his cognitive and psychological strengths and difficulties mirror theirs. To her relief as well as distress, she learns that both biological heritage and the