A review by zinelib
The search for Anna Fisher by Florence Fisher

challenging informative fast-paced

4.5

I hadn't thought a ton about adoption and adoptee's rights, at least same race/nationality adoptions. I learned from a Bluesky follow that there is a lot of frustration with the system as far as adoptees are concerned. The enterprise is entirely built around parental rights, privacy, etc. In this memoir of her search for her natural parents, Florence Fisher faces block after block. She is called an ingrate for even wanting to know about her biological parents. The doctor and lawyer who arranged her adoption are downright cruel to her. 

Fisher is tenacious and eventually does connect to her birth parents. It's a surprisingly quick and compelling read, and now I want to know a lot more!