Americanized '72: A Generation X Coming of Age (& Identity) Adoption Story

In this private and personal narrative, young Janine and her twin attempt to win the approval of their adoptive parents, the community, community, and even God. Their challenges begin in 1984 when their dad falls 100 feet from a hang-gliding accident, prompting the twins at the age of twelve to take on the role of full-time caregivers. His recovery, post-traumatic brain injury, is long and difficult and compounded by their mom's hoarding. Raised in a religious household, the twins are obligated to honor their parents, but whom do they obey when the parents disagree? Around high school graduation, the twins' mother finally reveals her secrets. Then they receive shocking news about themselves. What happens when you're not the person your adoptive parents always hoped you would be?