Molly By Any Other Name

MOLLY BY ANY OTHER NAME

Jean Davies Okimoto

This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this novel are either fictitious or are used fictitiously.

Book design by Masha Shubin

Cover Images: Pretty Asian Girl © Young-sun Teh, Peace Arch © Treephoto | Dreamstime.com

Smashwords Edition, License Notes

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An International Reading Association Readers’ Choice

“Skillfully and sensitively written—can make you laugh and cry at a single sitting.”

—Voice of Youth Advocates

“Okimoto writes about the elemental search for roots, the fear as well as the great happiness it can bring.”

—Booklist

“A book that goes beyond the adoption topic to encompass family feelings and dynamics.”

—School Library Journal

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AUTHOR’S NOTE for the ebook edition

Molly by Any Other Name was written in the late 1980’s. Readers can quickly see the differences in popular culture that may no longer make the novel seem contemporary. Music, fashion, the very words we use; almost any trend you can think of has changed. But nothing has changed as fast as technology, which now puts this novel in the category of historical fiction.

Another change has been the shift in thinking about adoption. Open adoption is quite common now, and adoptive parents whose children come from a country and a culture different from their own, often make a strong effort to keep their adoptive children in touch with their roots. They encourage their children to know and take pride in their heritage.

My mother was adopted in 1911 and the family dynamics reflected in Molly’s story have more in common with adoption practices back then, than they do with the open adoption that is more prevalent today. In my novel, I think the emotions the characters feel may be more intense than the feelings of adoptees, birthparents, and adoptive parents today; although I think it’s possible they may still resonate. And hopefully, the story will be entertaining as historical fiction—and it does have an element that never seems to go out of style. It has some romance.

For my brother, Roger Lewis Davies

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to Joseph Tsutomu Okimoto

In loving memory of my grandfather,

Lewis H. Williams

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Molly By Any Other Name

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