Red Dust Road is an autobiography of Jackie Kay who suffered the callousness of her parents and the racist attitude of society. Her foster parents were a blessing for her because they took great care of their adopted daughter but still there was a vacuum inside her which was left by her biological parents. It is a fact that most of the adopted children feel a cringe in their hearts to know about their actual parents and Kay belonged to that category of children.
Her search became more intense when she became pregnant. The love of a mother urges her to find her own mother. The irony in the novel is that Elizabeth doesn't feel that love for Kay instead her foster mother gives her that love. The father who should have accepted her daughter as an act of repentance keeps on sinning by calling her his sin of the past. Elizabeth and Jonathan should have treated her with benevolence because she only demanded acceptance. She didn't want anything else but she suffered harsh treatment by both Jonathan and Elizabeth. Kay was just a victim and her parents were responsible for her suffering but they blame her as if she commit something wrong.
Kay was aware of hurting her foster mother but still she she continued her journey on red dust road. Her mother's compassion is evident from her assistance in Kay's search for her parents.
