Interracial Adoption - One Women's Astonishing Journey

By: The Advisor W/ Stacey Chillemi
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  • Lea Rachel is launching her new book Seeking Forgiveness. “Seeking Forgiveness,” Lea Rachel’s new novel, tells the story of interracial adoption in the US today from the perspective of a white mother who adopts a Black son and has no idea what she is doing. The story begins when Rachel's son Miles is arrested by the police in the middle of the night. Over the next eight hours, as Rachel tries to get her son out of detention, she recounts their life together and the events that led them to this point. As a result, Rachel struggles with her competence as a mother, questions the viability of interracial adoption, and worries that her son will never forgive her for her mistakes as his adoptive mother.ABOUT LEA RACHELThe novel is based on Lea’s journey as the Caucasian mother of an adopted African American son Lea, a professor at The University of Missouri-St. Louis can address the issues raised in her compelling novel.MORE ABOUT LEALea Rachel comes from a literary background. Her grandmother, Beki Bahar, is an internationally published Turkish author and poet and her uncle, Anthony Kosnik, co-authored a well-respected liturgical book in the 1970s. Lea has been writing short stories since she was a little girl, and when she entered college at The University of Michigan, she was initially a creative writing major. At the University of Michigan, she had two short stories published in competitive University of Michigan literary publications, Prism and The Write Stuff. She crafted and honed her writing skills there.Fearing starvation (and perhaps, to be honest, literary rejection), Lea switched her major in the middle of college to economics and pursued a Ph.D. in the subject over the next ten years. Along the way, she traveled extensively to Turkey, Thailand, Peru, China, and Europe, gathering experiences and writing short stories. Over the last few years, she has established her economics career as a professor at the University of Missouri-St. Louis so that her bills can be safely paid, while in her free time, she has spent every available moment working on her writing. The one time Lea entered a writing competition, the 72nd Annual Writer’s Digest Writing Competition, she placed fifth (out of over 18,000 entries) in the personal essay category for Insidious Red Parasite. Recently, Lea has been an attendee at the University of Iowa summer writing workshops, and she has also become a member of a dedicated and enthusiastic St. Louis writing group. Lea can be contacted at the following address: lea@learachel.comWEBSITE: http://www.learachel.com/main/______________________________________________________________________My name is Stacey Chillemi, and I am a # 20 TIMES BOOK AUTHOR, KEYNOTE SPEAKER, HEALTH & LIFESTYLE & EPILEPSY COACH, & HOLISTIC EXPERT. I am also the founder of https://thecompleteherbalguide.com My Latest Books:EPILEPSY YOU'RE ALONEA personal approach to how to cope with the disorder. - https://amzn.to/3zgEddZEMPOWER YOURSELF: DON'T LET YOUR CONDITIONS EMPOWER YOU “Empower Yourself and Not Let Your Conditions Empower You” gives you a comprehensive, evidence-based, insightful, motivational, and inspiring playbook for empowering yourself. - https://amzn.to/3vLZjjCPOSITIVITY AND GRATITUDE JOURNALThe Positivity and Gratitude Journal is the perfect way to start practicing gratitude and building your daily happiness. - https://amzn.to/3A5XkJDBook Store - https://healthwellnesspublications.com/Stacey's Books on Amazon - https://amzn.to/3wPtJRRVitamin & Supplement Store - https://thevitaminherbalstore.com/Subscribe for more helpful YouTube videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/staceychil?sub_confirmation=1Websites:https://staceychillemi.com/https://healthwellnesspublications.com/https://thecompleteherbalguide.comhttps://epilepsycarecoach.comPODCAST: https://www.spreaker.com/user/16674669🔔 Social Network...
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    Interracial Adoption - One Women's Astonishing Journey
    Sep 13 2022
    Lea Rachel is launching her new book Seeking Forgiveness. “Seeking Forgiveness,” Lea Rachel’s new novel, tells the story of interracial adoption in the US today from the perspective of a white mother who adopts a Black son and has no idea what she is doing. The story begins when Rachel's son Miles is arrested by the police in the middle of the night. Over the next eight hours, as Rachel tries to get her son out of detention, she recounts their life together and the events that led them to this point. As a result, Rachel struggles with her competence as a mother, questions the viability of interracial adoption, and worries that her son will never forgive her for her mistakes as his adoptive mother.ABOUT LEA RACHELThe novel is based on Lea’s journey as the Caucasian mother of an adopted African American son Lea, a professor at The University of Missouri-St. Louis can address the issues raised in her compelling novel.MORE ABOUT LEALea Rachel comes from a literary background. Her grandmother, Beki Bahar, is an internationally published Turkish author and poet and her uncle, Anthony Kosnik, co-authored a well-respected liturgical book in the 1970s. Lea has been writing short stories since she was a little girl, and when she entered college at The University of Michigan, she was initially a creative writing major. At the University of Michigan, she had two short stories published in competitive University of Michigan literary publications, Prism and The Write Stuff. She crafted and honed her writing skills there.Fearing starvation (and perhaps, to be honest, literary rejection), Lea switched her major in the middle of college to economics and pursued a Ph.D. in the subject over the next ten years. Along the way, she traveled extensively to Turkey, Thailand, Peru, China, and Europe, gathering experiences and writing short stories. Over the last few years, she has established her economics career as a professor at the University of Missouri-St. Louis so that her bills can be safely paid, while in her free time, she has spent every available moment working on her writing. The one time Lea entered a writing competition, the 72nd Annual Writer’s Digest Writing Competition, she placed fifth (out of over 18,000 entries) in the personal essay category for Insidious Red Parasite. Recently, Lea has been an attendee at the University of Iowa summer writing workshops, and she has also become a member of a dedicated and enthusiastic St. Louis writing group. Lea can be contacted at the following address: lea@learachel.comWEBSITE: http://www.learachel.com/main/______________________________________________________________________My name is Stacey Chillemi, and I am a # 20 TIMES BOOK AUTHOR, KEYNOTE SPEAKER, HEALTH & LIFESTYLE & EPILEPSY COACH, & HOLISTIC EXPERT. I am also the founder of https://thecompleteherbalguide.com My Latest Books:EPILEPSY YOU'RE ALONEA personal approach to how to cope with the disorder. - https://amzn.to/3zgEddZEMPOWER YOURSELF: DON'T LET YOUR CONDITIONS EMPOWER YOU “Empower Yourself and Not Let Your Conditions Empower You” gives you a comprehensive, evidence-based, insightful, motivational, and inspiring playbook for empowering yourself. - https://amzn.to/3vLZjjCPOSITIVITY AND GRATITUDE JOURNALThe Positivity and Gratitude Journal is the perfect way to start practicing gratitude and building your daily happiness. - https://amzn.to/3A5XkJDBook Store - https://healthwellnesspublications.com/Stacey's Books on Amazon - https://amzn.to/3wPtJRRVitamin & Supplement Store - https://thevitaminherbalstore.com/Subscribe for more helpful YouTube videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/staceychil?sub_confirmation=1Websites:https://staceychillemi.com/https://healthwellnesspublications.com/https://thecompleteherbalguide.comhttps://epilepsycarecoach.comPODCAST: https://www.spreaker.com/user/16674669🔔 Social Network Linkshttps://www.facebook.com/staceychilhttps://www.facebook.com/HerbalGuide/https://www.facebook.com/epilepsycarecoach/https://twitter.com/The_HerbalGuidehttps://www.pinterest.com/theherbalguidehttps://www.linkedin.com/in/staceychil/https://www.instagram.com/the_herbalguide/https://flipboard.com/profile
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