“Twice the Family: A Memoir of Love, Loss and Sisterhood,” a Conversation with Julie Ryan McGue, Author and Adult Adoptee 

What is the psychological impact of being adopted? You have a family to rely on, but who are you really? What is your identity and where do you truly belong? Is it with your biological family, adopted family, or both? Julie Ryan McGue, explores the uncovered secrets and challenges of adoptive families in her highly anticipated memoir, Twice the Family: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Sisterhood (Feb. 6, 2025, She Writes Press), is a compelling prequel to her award-winning debut, Twice a Daughter, where she searches for her genetic history following a breast cancer biopsy. Set in the Chicago suburbs, Twice the Family is a coming-of-age memoir that follows Julie and her twin sister Jenny as they navigate the challenges of growing up in an ever-expanding adoptive family, uncovering family secrets that ultimately test their unbreakable bond. Listen to Julie’s inspiring journey and how she navigate life in an adoptive family as you parent children not born to you! Listen to adult adoptees, for the wisdom and the inspiration, start now with Julie’s interview!

Guest Expert Biography: Julie Ryan McGue is an American writer, a domestic adoptee, and an identical twin. Her first memoir, “Twice a Daughter: A Search for Identity, Family, and Belonging,” released in May 2021, winning multiple awards. Her work has appeared in the Story Circle Network Journal, Brevity Nonfiction Blog, Imprint News, Adoption.com, Lifetime Adoption Adoptive Families Blog, Adoption & Beyond, and Severance Magazine. Her personal essays have appeared in several anthologies, including “Real Women Write: Seeing Through Her Eyes” (Story Circle Network) and “Art in the Time of Unbearable Crisis” (She Writes Press). Her collection of essays, “Belonging Matters: Conversations on Adoption, Family, and Kinship” (Muse Literary), released in November 2023. She writes a biweekly blog and monthly column (The Beacher Newspapers), in which she explores the topics of finding out who you are, where you belong, and making sense of it. Julie splits her time between Northwest Indiana and Sarasota, Florida. “Twice the Family: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Sisterhood” is her third book. Visit her website for more info: juliemcgueauthor.com

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