Are there any adoption books out there written by First Parents?
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Are there any adoption books out there written by First Parents?
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I read many blogs that emotional and enlightening from First Mothers. I was just wondering if there were any books explaining adoption from a First Parents pov and would you recommend them?
I would like to share these books with some friends.
I have already read "The Girls Who Went Away". It was an awesome book that i've already pass along to friends.
Thank you for your help.
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jessica300
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Without a Map - Meredith Hall (One of my favorites. Not only is she a wonderful writer, but she captures the feeling of deep disconnect, which I experienced after losing my son to adoption.)
Adoption and Loss: The Hidden Grief - Evelyn Burns Robinson (I liked this a lot, perhaps because it was one of the first books I had ever read about adoption loss.)
Adoption and Recovery: Solving the Mystery of Reunion - Evelyn Burns Robinson
The Same Smile - Susan Mello Souza's
The Baby Thief - Barbara Bisantz Raymond (AP author, but since you included The Girls Who Went Away, which was written by an adopted person - I thought I would include this book as I think it gives very good insight into the history of domestic adoption – the foundation for what is going on today.)
The Stork Market - Mirah Riben (good look at the industry)
Shedding light on...The Dark Side of Adoption- Mirah Riben
Wake Up Little Susie: Single Pregnancy and Race Before Roe v Wade – Rickie Solinger
Beggars and Choosers: How the Politics of Choice Shapes Adoption, Abortion, and Welfare in the United States -- Rickie Solinger.
To Prison With Love, By Sandy Musser. (A first mother who went to prison because she helped reunite natural families!)
I Would Have Searched Forever - Sandy Musser.
Death by Adoption - Joss Shawyer ('almost' lost her child to adoption – her writing is very powerful to me - she has been a huge advocate for firstmoms)
Adoption Healing, a path to recovery for mothers who lost children to adopt - Karen Wilson Buterbaugh (firstmom) and Joe Soll (adoptee)
There are others, but this is "off the shelf." Thanks for asking. |
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Angela R
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Here are a few that I've found, and they may be what you're looking for. I haven't gotten a chance to read these but, they've gotten pretty good reviews.
"Giving Away Simone"
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0385485999?tag=sunflowerminimal&camp=14573&creative=327641&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=0385485999&adid=04CZ7YTR2CSWKSHYV7XW&
"Thank You Son for Finding Me"
http://www.amazon.com/dp/094403182X?tag=sunflowerminimal&camp=14573&creative=327641&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=094403182X&adid=05R58GAXSB2ASMPNV6FN&
"The Other Mother"
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0939149753?tag=sunflowerminimal&camp=14573&creative=327641&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=0939149753&adid=0F0X4MNQ03QFTH17BYQX&
"Shadow Mothers; Stories of Adoption and Reunion"
http://www.amazon.com/Shadow-Mothers-Stories-Adoption-Reunion/dp/0878391290/ref=cm_cr_pr_pb_t
"I Wish for You a Beautiful Life: Letters from the Korean Birth Mothers of Ae Ran Won to Their Children "
http://www.amazon.com/Wish-You-Beautiful-Life-Children/dp/0963847236/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1217829036&sr=1-1 |
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