The Kintsugi Poet - Di Benedetto, Mirella
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Mirella Di Benedetto writing as Anna Verduci What happens to a child whose history is taken from them. What does it mean to rebuild a life from fragments. Born into secrecy in 1970s Australia, Mirella Di Benedetto grows up under a false name, carrying questions no one will answer. As an adult she begins the long and painful work of uncovering the truth through DNA tests, state records, memories and the voices of people who tried to forget her. Across decades and continents she traces a story shaped by forced adoption, cultural shame and the silent grief of families who never had the chance to…mehr

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Mirella Di Benedetto writing as Anna Verduci What happens to a child whose history is taken from them. What does it mean to rebuild a life from fragments. Born into secrecy in 1970s Australia, Mirella Di Benedetto grows up under a false name, carrying questions no one will answer. As an adult she begins the long and painful work of uncovering the truth through DNA tests, state records, memories and the voices of people who tried to forget her. Across decades and continents she traces a story shaped by forced adoption, cultural shame and the silent grief of families who never had the chance to become whole. What begins as a search for answers becomes a journey of identity, belonging and emotional survival. Told in lyrical, intimate fragments, The Kintsugi Poet reflects the raw work of reclaiming a self after a lifetime of erasure. The author draws on her background as a psychologist and brings rare insight into the emotional logic of trauma, attachment and healing. Inspired by the art of kintsugi, where broken pottery is repaired with gold, this memoir honours what was shattered. It is a story of vulnerability, truth and the slow courage it takes to gather the pieces of a life and make them shine. This book will speak to adoptees, survivors and anyone who has ever searched for the missing parts of their own story.
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Dr Mirella Di Benedetto has lived in Melbourne, Australia, for most of her life. She has worked as a health psychologist since 2001 and as a researcher, lecturer, and academic at various universities in Victoria from 2001-2020.She has published numerous research papers in international peer-reviewed journals and two book chapters in Health Psychology in Australia. She completed her PhD in Psychology, at La Trobe University, in 2006. Prior to returning to university to complete her psychology studies, she worked as a medical laboratory scientist at various pathology laboratories in Melbourne from 1985-1996. She is an avid photographer, traveller, gardener, musician, artist, animal and nature lover, and a writer.When she is not creating or making music, she works as a clinical health psychologist, helping people with heart-related trauma integrate their past and present into a developing identity, with a strong focus on post-traumatic growth.