num_pages: 64
description: Jackie Kay tells the story of a black girl's adoption by a white Scottish couple- from three different the mother, the birth mother, and the daughter.
language: English
title: The Adoption Papers
titlecomplete: The Adoption Papers
genres: LGBT, Feminism, Lesbian, Race, Scotland, Memoir, Poetry, Nonfiction, Adoption, Queer
ratings_count: 653
awards: awardedAt: 694252800000
name: Saltire Society Literary Award
category: Scottish First Book of the Year
publisher: Bloodaxe Books