bobmulk
bobmulk
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This blog is based on the book "This is My Lemonade--An Adoption Story". The book follows an adoption journey of more than thirty years and the experiences that continue to color the author's life, including a move to Italy and travel throughout Europe, the Middle East and North Africa.
Robert (Bob) Mulkey was born in Silverton, Oregon and grew up in the mid-Willamette Valley. He attended Oregon State University in Corvallis, graduating with a BS in Sociology and a minor in Geography. His writing career started in high school and continued into college.
Mulkey’s professional background stretches over thirty years and includes management experience in retail trade, transportation, logistics, real estate, cable television.
Upon graduation in 1982, writing took a back seat to economic issues however he contributed writing, editing and research for such organizations as BestPlaces.net, International Facilities Management Association, Western Economic Research and the Oregon Secretary of State. He wrote two technical journals—Population Trends in Oregon and Population Trends in California and has been published in The Oregonian.
Mulkey’s first book, "This is My Lemonade—An Adoption Story" is the result of a lifelong search for answers, identity and acceptance. The book is unique in that it traces the journey of an adult adoptee over a literal lifetime as he juggles two families and two identities.
The search took Mulkey from a comfortable, middle class life in suburban Salem, Oregon to an international identity in Italy where he met his biological father’s family. "Lemonade" was inspired by family, friends and strangers who were fascinated by the unusual circumstances of Mulkey’s adoption and encouraged him to write a book about his experience.
Mulkey has recently returned from Alba Adriatica, Italy where he lived as an expatriate, embracing his heritage, learning Italian and strengthening ties with the extended family on his father’s side. He used this opportunity to travel to Lviv, Ukraine and Krakow, Poland to research his mother’s side of the family.
Mulkey’s next project includes a partner book for "Lemonade" chronicling the genealogical search for his mother’s family.
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