I'm with Them

<p><em>I'm With Them: Lessons from My Children</em> chronicles the personal journey of a single white woman who adopts two children from war-torn Peru and raises them in suburban America. Caring for infants during a terrorist uprising navigating the complexities of choosing schools and grappling with teenage rebellion teach her valuable lessons about heritage and culture identity and race family and belonging.</p><p></p><p>Raised in America's heartland the author is surprised by the otherization her family faces. Her children have three strikes against them: they are adopted brown-skinned and raised by a single mom. Through them she comes face to face with what it feels like to look different be different and stand out in a crowd. I'm with them she often responds to strangers' puzzled looks and prying comments.</p><p></p><p>This memoir blends vignettes-sometimes outrageous often hilarious or poignant-with no-holds-barred social commentary that reveals deep truths about life in the United States.</p>