My Russian Side

By Gilbert, Alex

Book Id: WPLBN0003437433
Format Type: PDF eBook:
File Size: 8.98 MB
Reproduction Date: 4/4/2014

Title:	My Russian Side
Author:	Gilbert, Alex
Volume:
Language:	English
Subject:	Non Fiction, Bibliography, Families & Adoption
Collections:	Authors Community, Biographies
Historic Publication Date:	2014
Publisher:	Self-published

Member Page:	Alex Gilbert
Citation APA MLA Chicago Gilbert, B. A. (2014). My Russian Side. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.us/

Description
Alex was followed on a New Zealand TV Documentary in 2013 while he was doing the search on his Birth Parents. He was adopted out of Russia at 2 years old and brought to NZ. Without any knowledge on who his Birth Parents are Alex decides to do a search on them 20 years later. He manages to find them using social media with the only information on them were their names on paper. He travels to Russia late 2013 to meet them for the first time in his entire life.

Summary
'My Russian Side' Follows the story of Alex Gilbert when he travels to Russia to meet his Birth Parents for the first time.

Excerpt
Hello! Let me start this book by introducing myself. My name is Alex Gilbert and I was born in a small town in Russia, called Arkhangelsk, on the 1st of April 1992. I was adopted from a small orphanage in my birth town and brought to NZ in 1994 when I was 2 years old. I was raised in Whangarei by my wonderful parents Mark and Janice Gilbert. I have a brother called Andrei who was also born in Russia in the same orphanage and adopted with me. Growing up in Whangarei, for me, was easy-going and the years went by fast. I have a lot of great memories from growing up there that I always want to revisit.

Table of Contents
Chapter 1 First Search Chapter 2 First Contact With My Biological Mother Chapter 3 It Just Keeps on Getting Better Chapter 4 First Call with my Birth Father Chapter 5 1st Trip Planning Chapter 6 Hold Back! Chapter 7 Only the Beginning! Chapter 8 Leaving NZ Chapter 9 Meeting My Birth Mother Chapter 10 Meeting My Birth Father Chapter 11 Conclusion