Regeneration: Made in China

About the Book

Regeneration: Made in China is about loss and about the human ability to survive and give meaning and substance to the unjustifiable and irremissible workings of chance. It is also a tribute to those Chinese women forced, by tradition or government, to give up their daughters. It is my gift to them for defying unpardonable rules and laws and giving their girls the potential to be found, rescued, protected and cherished. This book is also a memorial to my daughter Irma, who planted and cultivated the idea of adoption in our minds months before she was killed.

About the Author

Effie Piliouni Albrecht was born in Athens, Greece. She studied English Literature at the National Kapodistrian University of Athens and Linguistics at Cambridge University, England. She also speaks French and German. In 1981, she moved to the United States, to Auburn, Alabama, where she received a Master’s in Comparative Drama and a Ph.D. in Medieval Literature from Auburn University. She has taught writing, English, American and world literatures, Women’s Studies and ESL at the same university for more than twenty-five years. She lives in Auburn with her husband and her two daughters. Regeneration: Made in China is her first book.