My Father Had No Children

My Father Had No Children is a memoir exploring the author’s personal journey of discovering her father’s identitythe name of a person, along with the qualities, beliefs, etc., that make a particular person or a group different from others and ultimately understanding her own sense of selfa person's essential being that distinguishes them from others, especially considered as the object of introspection or reflexive action; one's identity, character, abilities, and attitudes, especially towards persons or things outside of oneself note:  reflexive is also in the glossary on this site. The book delves into the author’s quest to uncover the truth about her father’s background.

It is an emotional journey questioning her own identity while attempting to reconcile the conflicting information she receives while visiting a government office, that her father had no children. Despite her efforts, she is met with bureaucratic rules and regulations, preventing her from learning the truth about her father.

The author expresses her deep sense of loss and confusion, grappling with the idea she may not be her father’s biological child. She questions her mother’s role in the situation and contemplates the significance of her grandmother, Peach, who played a part in her early life.

The memoir is a personal story but also touches on broader themes of identity, familya family is  group of people consisting of parents and children living together in a household; family members can also live away from parents or in a different household, and the impact of warWar:  A state of armed conflict between different nations or states or different groups within a nation or state. on the lives of children left behind.

It explores a child’s quest tor connection and understanding when there is loss of a parenta parent is a father or a mother; can also be someone who acts as a mother or father to someone; a parent may also be an adoptive parent at an early age.

About the Author

WWil has been over for almost eighty years, and there are very few veterans left to tell their story. However, there are still many thousands of War Orphans, like Alana, whose stories have never been told. Alana has spent a great part of her life trying to find closure with a reality that never ends, losing a parent as a young child.

War puts a hold on life for those left behind. During, and after WWII, there were no Gold Star families or Gold Star children. Alana was not able to learn of her father, and meet his family, until she was thirty years old, with children of her own. The book tells of her personal, and emotional journey to discover who her father was, and to find her own sense of self. Shocking revelations were encountered along the way as she learned of her father’s life and her relationship to him.

Alana Lindberg Jolley holds a BS in Anthropologythe holistic study of humanity in its broadest context in all times and places, ancient and contemporary and a Masters in Cultural Anthropology from Cal Statea state is an independent political entity with a centralized government and set geographical boundaries where control is exercised by police or military; a state claims the right to defend itself from both internal and external threats by use of force; a state may have many villages and cities and/or millions or billions of people as in China and India University Fullerton. She has been a Professor and a Museum Director. She lives in San Juan Capistrano with her high school sweetheart, Lee. They have six daughters and a son.

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