6Chapter 3: The Wider Circle
41Chapter 35: What I Fear About Writing the Truth
7Chapter 4: How Love Was Spoken
42Chapter 36: Restoration
8Chapter 5: The Word Adopted
43PART FOUR: Public Witness, Records, and Repair
9Chapter 6: Fully Included, Quietly Different
44Chapter 37: When the State Said Sorry
10Chapter 7: Loved, Chosen, Special, Confused, Unsure
45Chapter 38: The Door That Did Not Open for Us
11Chapter 8: The Girl Who Ran and Rode
46Chapter 39: The Paperwork of a Life
12Chapter 9: Night Questions
47Chapter 40: The Things People Say
13Chapter 10: Faces in Crowds
48Chapter 41: What I Have Learned to Say Back
14Chapter 11: The Quiet Fear of Being Unwanted
49Chapter 42: When Help Understands Adoption
15Chapter 12: When Pain Came Out Sideways
50PART FIVE: Living With the Whole Story
16Chapter 13: The Body Without a History
51Chapter 43: The Mirror I Did Not Have
17Chapter 14: What I Learned Not to Blame Myself For
52Chapter 44: Living Between Families
18PART TWO: Searching for My Beginning
53Chapter 45: The Birthday Question
19Chapter 15: Applying for My Beginning
54Chapter 46: The Grief People Could Not See
20Chapter 16: Margaret Rose Riseley
55Chapter 47: Where I Stand Now
21Chapter 17: The Mother I Could Not Ask
56PART SIX: Letters, Legacy, and Light
22Chapter 18: The Test That Gave Me Names
57Chapter 48: Letters I May Never Send
23Chapter 19: Peter Young
58Chapter 49: What I Will Not Let Be Lost Again
24Chapter 20: Vicki and Michael
59Chapter 50: A Lamp for Those Who Come After
25Chapter 21: The Living Thread
60BACK MATTER: Notes, Acknowledgements, and Closing Pieces
26Chapter 22: Southern Tasmania
61A Note for Adoptees Reading This
27Chapter 23: Bloodlines, Faith, Work, Class
62Source Notes for Public Claims
28Chapter 24: Nursing, Animals, and the Instinct to Care
63Acknowledgements
29Chapter 25: What the Facts Changed
64Closing Poems
30Chapter 26: What Hurt
65The Map Inside the Body
31Chapter 27: What Brought Relief
66The Family That Held Me
32Chapter 28: What Remains Unknown
67The Family My Blood Remembered
33PART THREE: Accountability, Tenderness, and Truth
68The Apology I Must Live
34Interlude: An Apology Without Excuse
69Before You Open the Door
35Chapter 29: Choosing Not to Let Pain Become Harm
