Finding Cynthia Winters | A private book launch with Sue Watson

Sue Watson grew up in a perfect, loving nuclear family, a white-picket fence, quarter-acre paradise. But all was not quite as it seemed. Sue and her sister were adopted, and one day when Sue as a young woman was studying in Wellington, she received a letter from her birth mother, Elizabeth Winters. This began a life-long journey to discover the shadowy truth of her past.

After decades in leadership roles and developing leaders in Aotearoa New Zealand, Sue Watson has spent the last two years researching her birth family history and leaning into creative pursuits as a tool for connection, healing and acceptance. Finding Cynthia Winters shares her experience with reconnecting with her birth mother and the journey to discovering the identity of her birth father.

It's a personal journey of discovery, human nature, connection and the nuance of what it means to be a family. Cynthia Winters was the name Sue was given at birth, and the book is as much about how Sue reconnected with that child as it is about discovering her birth family.

Come together with Sue for a book reading and signing, centred on whānau, identity, and adoption in Aotearoa.

Personally signed copies will be available for purchase on the day for $35 or via Sue's website. You’re warmly invited to sign up at suewatson.nz to remain part of the kōrero and receive updates about the book and the play.