Mamy Blues. An Adoption, a Search, a Reunion
by Sylvie Bérard
Published 14 February 2026
About the Book
Mamy Blues: An Adoption, a Search, a Reunion is a powerful hybrid memoir–essay that explores the lifelong impact of adoption through the voice of an adoptee raised in Québec’s closed adoption system. The author recounts her personal journey and her decades-long search for her biological mother in a context shaped by secrecy, restrictive legislation, and institutional silence. She reflects on growing up without access to one’s origins and the persistent questions of identity, belonging, and loss that accompany that absence.
About the Author
Sylvie Bérard
Sylvie Bérard is an adoptee from Montreal, born in 1970. She studied history and museology and worked in several Montreal museum institutions. A pivotal road trip through California later led her toward the practice of acupuncture.