Introduction: adoptee manifesto -- Part I: discovery -- You should be grateful -- The adoptee lounge -- How much did I cost? -- My ghost kingdom -- The search -- Part II: experiencing -- White privilege by osmosis -- Sandy the flower man -- Unclaimed -- Filling the void -- Survivor's guilt -- Sandy's death -- I'm still looking for my baby -- The "M" word -- Part III: reckoning -- Us vs. Them -- The sondersphere -- An out-of-bounds love

"In "You Should Be Grateful," Tucker centers the experiences of adoptees to share deeply personal stories, well-researched history, and engrossing anecdotes from mentorship sessions with adopted youth. These perspectives challenge the fairy-tale narrative of adoption, giving way to a fuller story that explores the impacts of racism, classism, family, love, and belonging"--