BOOKS
INCONVENIENT DAUGHTER, Kaylie Jones Books (Pub. June 23, 2020)
Rowan Kelly was adopted from Korea by Irish Catholic parents at three months old. Raised in the suburbs of Long Island, Rowan has struggled to balance her racial and cultural identity. Unable to reconcile the anger and pain from being abandoned and relinquished by her biological mother, Rowan desperately searches for love, placing herself in dangerous situations in the process.
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KOREAN AMERICAN STORY, 2020Lauren J. Sharkey talks about the racism she has experienced as a Korean American in the wake of the CODIV-19 pandemic.
Echo
Brooklyn Girl Books, 2019Based on Sharkey's struggle with weight, "Echo" was included in Women Under Scrutiny: An Anthology of Truths, Essays, Poems, Stories, & Art.
Gogo
Asian American Feminist Collective, 2019Sharkey's essay on the fetishization of Asian Women was selected for inclusion in AAFC's digital storytelling project, First Times.
The Adoptee Journey is Lifelong
Adoption RSS, 2019Lauren reflects on her own adoption story and what it means to be an adoptee.
I Have Questions for Bio-Mom
Dear Adoption,, 2018In this piece, Lauren asks her biological mother for answers to questions in an effort to reconcile the effects of adoption on her life.
What All Survivors Know
Blind Faith Books, 2018Based on Sharkey's experience with domestic violence, "What All Survivors Know" was selected for inclusion in the I AM STRENGTH collection.
GUEST BLOG POSTS
THOUGHTS IN PROGRESS: LIES AND TRUTHS, Lauren J. Sharkey talks openly about choosing to write a novel based on her experience as a transracial adoptee.
BOOK NOTES – LARGEHEARTED BOY, In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book. Lauren J. Sharkey shares the playlist used to write Inconvenient Daughter.
PAGE 69: INCONVENIENT DAUGHTER, Inconvenient Daughter is put to The 69 Test, which compares page 69 against the meat of the actual story.