Ep. 86 Family Building & Navigating Adversity with Adoption ft. Julie Ryan McGue

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On this episode of The Social Work Bubble Podcast, we speak again with author & adoptee, Julie McGue, talking further about experience with adoption, having a twin, infertility, family building & more! A very insightful conversation for everyone to listen to.

Julie Ryan McGue is an American writer, a domestic adoptee, and an identical twin. In her books, essays, and blogs, she explores the topics of finding out who you are, where you belong, and making sense of it. Her award-winning memoir, Twice a Daughter: A Search for Identity, Family, and Belonging, released in May 2021. Her work has appeared in multiple journals, anthologies, and online sites, such as the Story Circle Network Journal, Brevity Nonfiction Blog, and Severance Magazine. Her latest book, a collection of essays titled Belonging Matters: Conversations on Adoption, Family, and Kinship released in November 2023. Her third book, another memoir and a prequel to Twice a Daughter, releases in February 2025. Julie splits her time between northwest Indiana and Sarasota, Florida. 

• https://www.juliemcgueauthor.com
• Award winning author of Twice a Daughter: A Search for Identity, Family, and Belonging
• NEW BOOK: Twice the Family, A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Sisterhood
• BOOK: Belonging Matters: Conversations on Adoption, Family, and Kinship
• FB @juliemcguewrites
• IG @julieryanmcgue
• twitter @juliermcgue

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