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Adopted at age five, author Elaine Pinkerton hid the fact that her original parents didn't want her. At age ten, she found comfort in keeping a diary and escaped into the world of books. Now, years later, Pinkerton revisits four decades of diaries and offers a look at her life and what it meant to her to be adopted. Based on those forty diaries, she shares her story in The Goodbye Baby. With diary excerpts included, as well as narrative, Pinkerton tells about her journey through the thorny issues of adoption, a search for healing, and an inspiring finale. Praise for The Goodbye Baby -The...

Adoptee Clara Jordan moves from the east coast to Red Mesa, New Mexico, and begins a teaching year at the American Indian Academy. Shortly after the start of a new semester, headmaster Joseph Speckled Horse is found dead on Clara's classroom floor. Both teacher and students are shocked. Clara deals with her students' grief and her own frustration by daily running in the rough hills surrounding the academy. Carnell Dorame, a talented student and Clara's favorite, uses the Internet to trace the identity of her birthmother. The school's computer teacher Henry DiMarco invites Clara out for a date...

Adopted at age five, author Elaine Pinkerton hid the fact that her original parents didn't want her. At age ten, she found comfort in keeping a diary and escaped into the world of books. Now, years later, Pinkerton revisits four decades of diaries and offers a look at her life and what it meant to her to be adopted. Based on those forty diaries, she shares her story in The Goodbye Baby. With diary excerpts included, as well as narrative, Pinkerton tells about her journey through the thorny issues of adoption, a search for healing, and an inspiring finale. Praise for The Goodbye Baby -The...