In 1962, a Canadian woman named Geraldine gave birth to Maryanne, whom she immediately gave up for adoption. When she was 12, Maryanne moved with her adoptive family to Australia. The older Maryanne grew, the more she felt like something was missing. This longing to belong sent her on a mission to find her birth mom.
For over 50 years, Maryanne — a grandmother who lives in Perth, Australia — wondered where she came from. One day, Maryanne received a mysterious letter from a Canadian community services organization saying they'd found her birth mom, Geraldine. The mother and daughter continued to write letters to each other. Maryanne also discovered she had two sisters — an older sister, Ruth, and a younger sister, Christine. Eventually, Maryanne relocated to Busselton, Australia. For eight years, she kept her family on the other side of the world a secret from friends and loved ones.
Suddenly, the letters between Maryanne and Geraldine stopped. Maryanne was devastated to learn her birth mom had died before ever having the chance to meet her. In a terrible twist of fate, her stepmother passed away around the same time. Just before Geraldine died, she told Ruth and Christine the shocking truth: there was a third sister, and her name was Maryanne.
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