Later Life Letter

What is a later life letter? Written by a child''s social worker to be opened at an appropriate age, it details their journey from birth to adoption. When Luke was given one as a teenager, he didn''t make much of it. But now, married to a social worker and seeing the care she takes composing these letters, he re-examines his own past - and the life he might have had. Should he feel close to the biological brothers he has only seen through Facebook stalking? Do his beginnings in a notorious tower-block estate counteract the privilege of his sheltered suburban upbringing? How grateful should he be to his adopted parents, who are - in the end - just parents? In this memoir in poetry, no emotion is simple or expected. Luke writes with a pinpoint honesty that teases out the nuances of family, memory and belonging - and in the process, he uncovers the gaps between the usual beats of an adoption story.

Product details

• Authors: Luke Wright, Wright Luke
• Publisher: Fleet
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 29.01.2026
• EAN: 9780349725215
• ISBN: 978-0-349-72521-5
• No. of pages: 80
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Poetry, POETRY / Subjects & Themes / Death, Grief, Loss, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Adoption & Fostering, POETRY / Subjects & Themes / Family, Poetry by individual poets, Adoption & fostering, Adoption and fostering