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Hannah Andrews

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Hannah Andrews
in
The Narrative Arc

You Can’t Go Home Again

But sometimes home sends you a letter

8 min readNov 26, 2023

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chicago marquis at night

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Hannah Andrews
in
The Narrative Arc

Recipes and Rivalries

Staking claim to precious keepsakes

7 min readMar 22, 2024

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kitchen countertop with a bit of flour, eggs, and heart shaped cookie cutter

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Hannah Andrews
in
Human Parts

How I Survived Kindergarten… Mostly

Fifty Years Later, I’m Almost Over It

6 min readMar 18, 2024

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How I Survived Kindergarten… Mostly

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Hannah Andrews
in
Imogene’s Notebook

Please Stop Talking, Mom

Fiction

7 min readMar 6, 2024

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Please Stop Talking, Mom

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Hannah Andrews
in
Imogene’s Notebook

Where I’m From

A poem

2 min readJan 4, 2024

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young girl in a green field cuddling a baby duck

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Hannah Andrews
in
Adoptere: Auditing the Narrative

Re-Gifting

What The Adoptee Community Has Given Me

5 min readDec 15, 2023

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Re-Gifting

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Hannah Andrews
in
Imogene’s Notebook

How Love Grows: A Mother-Daughter Story

Fiction

8 min readDec 11, 2023

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A mother cradles her sleeping infant

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Hannah Andrews
in
The Narrative Arc

The Birthday That Still Haunts Me

My friend almost lost both her parents but we don’t talk about it

7 min readNov 23, 2023

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ominous cornfield at night, moon in distance

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Hannah Andrews
in
The Wind Phone

Swan Song

I was a deejay at my mother’s deathbed

6 min readOct 28, 2023

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close up of compact disc with beads of water on it

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Hannah Andrews
in
The Wind Phone

How a Beauty School Dropout Became a Beacon to Her Community

My Aunt Martha was never afraid to pivot

7 min readOct 3, 2023

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Rural church with a sunset behind it

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Hannah Andrews

Hannah Andrews

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I'm an aging GenX Baby Scoop Era adoptee, and that's mostly what I write about. My life is a tragi-comedy.

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