… adoptees see the “world” as an adoption issue…I look at it as losing another mother(father). Losing a parent during childhood is one strange theme to go through. But many of us keep losing mother/father figures throughout our lives. i.e. … death, transferred from foster homes to foster homes to other institutions. So what I think about is the psychological impact a moving parental foundation has upon an individual. Do you compensate or do you insulate? When a teen yells, “I HATE YOU!” are they compensating or insulating? As rational creatures we realize that this sort of personality …unfolds itself repeatedly in the “NON-Adoption” world. Its impact has got to be different(on the child). There’s more dimensions to it in the adoptee world and that is the adoption dimension. Alien, at IAT, with permission

Alien is the author of THE UNFORGOTTEN WAR (Dust of the Streets)

by Thomas Park Clement

Excerpt

“In America the Korean War has often been characterized as the forgotten war. The forgotten war? How does one forget a war? How does one forget cheap death and massive destruction? How does one forget the ear-splitting sound of an exploding shell which shakes the very bones and soul of humans near the blast; especially an impressionable child who is in the process of figuring out life itself? It has been well over forty years since I was a child in Korea during the war. It was yesterday.”

From his first memories as an Amerasian child in Korea, to his successful career in America, Thomas Park Clement shares his life in this profoundly moving book. He recounts his memories of hearing and seeing exploding bombs in Korea, his first few protected years with his birthmother and the day he was left alone in the city of Seoul. He describes his life as a street child and then the years he spent in a Korean orphanage until he was adopted by Richard and June Clement and came to live in the United States.

All these events are shared with a sense of respect for the times and circumstances that they occurred in. Mr. Clement shares what it was like for him to grow up as an Amerasian child in the United States in the late 50’s and early 60’s. He also recounts the events that led up to his successful career.

This is an emotional and powerful book. It includes a chapter written to adoptive parents,however it is a must read for all members of the adoption community!

Available from Truepeny Publishing Co.

1-877-805-3102

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