 It captures a baby's transition from natural parents to adoptive parents, and it delves into the complexity of racial identity for these children who are physically bonded to one race and emotionally bonded to another.Julia Pimsleur travels to Alaska to reconnect with her brother, who has moved to a remote island there following his conversion to Christianity.He has lived with his family there for ten years since dropping out of college to become a born again Christian, while Julia is a bisexual, Jewish New Yorker.