Since I Lost My Baby: A Memoir of Temptations, Trouble & Truth

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Since I Lost My Baby: A Memoir of Temptations, Trouble & Truth

When what you believe turns out to be a lie, how far will you go for the truth?In Since I Lost My Baby: A Memoir of Temptations, Trouble & Truth, Selimah Nemoy tells both the deeply personal story of her search for love, truth, and the daughter taken from her at birth in 1967, and articulates an insightful cultural narrative of the social, cultural, and political upheavals of the turbulent 1960s/70s.Her coming-of-age journey from Los Angeles to Barcelona, San Francisco Bay Area, and Hawaii led Selimah to cross paths with many of her generation's iconic cultural markers, including the TAMI show, Monterey Pop Festival, members of the Manson family, photographer Gordon Parks, and Motown legend Smokey Robinson her 1973 move to New Age mecca San Francisco made her an eyewitness to its most notorious decade, in which heiress Patty Hearst was kidnapped, more than 900 locals died at Jonestown, and both the mayor and city's first openly gay supervisor were assassinated. These historic events and people are shown to the reader through the lens of a young woman whom society regards as an outsider as she navigates happiness, heartbreak, and death, all to a soul music soundtrack.Selimah's is also an everywoman story of the (often misguided) search for love and acceptance by others and of herself, and the wildernesses she traversed (and survived) that led to insight, maturity, and the truth she was looking for. Profound loss is countered with exquisite joy at her discoveries of soul music, Motown, African dance, and gospel music, and how they are all intertwined.Her three-year search leading to the 1991 reunion with her adult daughter, and their interview on the Oprah Winfrey show, (which may be viewed on the author's website) resonate with family-of-origin seekers. Since the advent of the Internet and DNA testing, the dynamics of reunion have extended beyond traditional adoptee/birthmother, such as Selimah's, to those of donor-conceived persons and ancestor search, The motivations behind and expectations applied to these searches can result in disappointment and emotional confusion. A free Book Club Reading Guide (PDF), offered on the author's website as a companion resource, opens the way for personal self-examination or small group discussion of this topic, as well as topics of domestic violence, self-esteem, belief, family, friendship, music, and the arts.A free Cultural Decoder (PDF) to the multicultural tapestry of music, people, and historic events referenced in Since I Lost My Baby is also available from the author's website, selimahnemoy.comContaining 20 photos, Since I Lost My Baby is an endearing, insightful memoir about the temptations, rebellion, and counterculture of the 1960s/70s, and the power of soul music that brought the author through it.

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Since I Lost My Baby: A Memoir of Temptations, Trouble & Truth

When what you believe turns out to be a lie, how far will you go for the truth?In Since I Lost My Baby: A Memoir of Temptations, Trouble & Truth, Selimah Nemoy tells both the deeply personal story of her search for love, truth, and the daughter taken from her at birth in 1967, and articulates an insightful cultural narrative of the social, cultural, and political upheavals of the turbulent 1960s/70s.Her coming-of-age journey from Los Angeles to Barcelona, San Francisco Bay Area, and Hawaii led Selimah to cross paths with many of her generation's iconic cultural markers, including the TAMI show, Monterey Pop Festival, members of the Manson family, photographer Gordon Parks, and Motown legend Smokey Robinson her 1973 move to New Age mecca San Francisco made her an eyewitness to its most notorious decade, in which heiress Patty Hearst was kidnapped, more than 900 locals died at Jonestown, and both the mayor and city's first openly gay supervisor were assassinated. These historic events and people are shown to the reader through the lens of a young woman whom society regards as an outsider as she navigates happiness, heartbreak, and death, all to a soul music soundtrack.Selimah's is also an everywoman story of the (often misguided) search for love and acceptance by others and of herself, and the wildernesses she traversed (and survived) that led to insight, maturity, and the truth she was looking for. Profound loss is countered with exquisite joy at her discoveries of soul music, Motown, African dance, and gospel music, and how they are all intertwined.Her three-year search leading to the 1991 reunion with her adult daughter, and their interview on the Oprah Winfrey show, (which may be viewed on the author's website) resonate with family-of-origin seekers. Since the advent of the Internet and DNA testing, the dynamics of reunion have extended beyond traditional adoptee/birthmother, such as Selimah's, to those of donor-conceived persons and ancestor search, The motivations behind and expectations applied to these searches can result in disappointment and emotional confusion. A free Book Club Reading Guide (PDF), offered on the author's website as a companion resource, opens the way for personal self-examination or small group discussion of this topic, as well as topics of domestic violence, self-esteem, belief, family, friendship, music, and the arts.A free Cultural Decoder (PDF) to the multicultural tapestry of music, people, and historic events referenced in Since I Lost My Baby is also available from the author's website, selimahnemoy.comContaining 20 photos, Since I Lost My Baby is an endearing, insightful memoir about the temptations, rebellion, and counterculture of the 1960s/70s, and the power of soul music that brought the author through it.