
By: Julie Ryan McGue
ISBN: 978-1-958714-81-2
Muse Literary, 2023
Belonging Matters supports the adoption community while creating a conversation with those not touched by adoption. The collection explores the pursuit of identity and the boundaries of family and kinship, and it challenges us to discern with whom and where we belong.
About the Author

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. She is the author of two books: Twice a Daughter: A Search for Identity, Family, and Belonging, and Belonging Matters: Conversations on Adoption, Family, and Kinship. Her third book, Twice the Family: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Sisterhood releases in February 2025.
To learn more about Julie Ryan McGue and her work, please see www.juliemcgueauthor.com