The brief “Report of Investigation” contained inside the thin, manila envelope that landed in Patti Eddington’s mailbox after almost six decades locked in a courthouse vault looked unassuming—but the adoption document unleashed a heartbreaking, emotional tempest and led her to question everything she ever believed about her beloved parents and her childhood, and use her journalistic skills to go digging for the truth. 

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