Contents
Author's Note
Foreword by John O. Iatrides
Preface
Introduction
When War Strikes Home
Under the Sign of the Search
An Unexpected Introduction to a Traumatic Personal Past
Narrating Greek Civil War History in the Middle Voice
A Human-Interest Story from the "Stone Years" of Greece
The Ripple Effect of a Family Tragedy
A Domestic Genealogy of Children's Institutionalized Care and Overseas Adoption
Some Like It Hot
The "Happy Orphans" of Queen Frederica
American Adoption as Child Rescue or Child Abduction?
What's "Left"?
Where Have All the Children Gone?
The Political Is Personal
Striking Close to Home
From Aiding Displaced Persons to Placing Adoptable Orphans
From Placing to Gathering Eligible Alien Orphans
Adoption by Proxy
The Gray Market
The Black Market
The Plot Thickens
Immaculate Deception
"WANT TO ADOPT GREEK ORPHAN—STOP"
Home Sweet Home
The Hand That Robbed the Cradle
Of Scandal, Truth, and Consequences
Illegal Greek Adoptions by the Numbers
"Mail-Order Children," Delicate Cargo
Part 3: Insights from Greek Adoption Cases
C. Dionysios Dionou: Twentieth-Century Janissary
George: The Fork in the Road at Distomo
Dean: The Deal of a Lifetime
M./Mitsos: "When I Typed ‘Patras Orphanage' into Google, Everything Changed"
Efthalia: Carrying (Foster) Sibling Affection to the Next Generation
Myrto: "Processing the Information Is Nothing Compared to Processing the Lies"
Dena (Polites) Poulias: Gone (on) Missing
Adamantia: "My Dad Always Joked That I Cost Him a House"
Anthony: Four Adoptions and a Funeral
Joseph: DNA Delivers
Petros Koutoulas: "I Will Take the Bad and Turn It into Good"
Linking Self, (A)kin, and Other
Η αλήθεια στη χώρα των θαυμάτων, "Truth in Wonderland"
The Vicarious Experience of Adoption: Same Fears and Fantasies
Postmemory at Work, an "Investigated" and "Imaginative" Form of Memory
Passing on the DNA of Adoption (Stories)
Conclusion: Greek and Greece, Where Home and History Rhyme
Acknowledgments
Appendix 1: Chronology
Appendix 2: Practical Information for Greek-Born Adoptees—Pathways and Paperwork
Information and Reunification Sites for Greek-Born Adoptees
References
Suggestions for Further Reading and Viewing
Index