Some suggested reading on Adoption



ADOPTION: A HANDFUL OF HOPE. (Originally published as To Love and Let Go.) Arms, Suzanne, Celestial Arts, Berkeley. 1990.

ADOPTION, IDENTITY AND KINSHIP: THE DEBATE OVER SEALED RECORDS. Wegar, Katarina. Yale University PRess, New Haven. 1997. ISBN 0-300-06759-3

ADOPTION REUNIONS. McColm, Michelle, Canada, 1993.

ADOPTION TRIANGLE. Sorosky, Baran & Pannor, Corona Publishers, TX, 1978.

A MAN AND HIS MOTHER: AN ADOPTIVE SON'S SEARCH. Tim Green, (1997?)

BEING ADOPTED, THE LIFELONG SEARCH FOR SELF. Brodzinsky, Schecter & Henig. Doubleday, NY. 1992. ISBN 0-385-41426-9.

BIRTHBONDS--REUNIONS BETWEEN BIRTHPARENTS AND ADOPTEES. Gediman & Brown, New Horizon Press. 1991

BIRTH MOTHER TRAUMA: A COUNSELLING GUIDE FOR BIRTH MOTHERS. Carlini, Heather. Morning Side Publishing, BC, Canada. 1992. ISBN 0-9696259-0-8.

BIRTHMOTHERS. Jones, Merry Bloch. Chicago Review PRess, 1993. ISBN 1-55652-192-8

BIRTHRIGHT. Strauss, Jean. A. S. Penguin Books, 1994..

THE CHANGING PICTURE OF ADOPTION. Children's Home Society of California. 1984..

DEAR BIRTHMOTHER: THANK YOU FOR OUR BABY. Silber, Kathleen & Speedlin, Phyllis, Carona Publishing Company. 1983. ISBN 0-931722-19-5

JOURNEY OF THE ADOPTED SELF--A QUEST FOR WHOLENESS. Lifton, Betty Jean. Basic Books. 1994..

LOST AND FOUND--THE ADOPTION EXPERIENCE. Lifton, Betty Jean. Harper & Row, NY, 1986. ISBN 0-06-097132-0.

THE OTHER MOTHER. Schaefer, Carol, Soho Press, NY, 1991.

OUT OF THE SHADOWS: BIRTHFATHER'S STORIES. Mason, Mary Martin, O. J. Howard Publ., Minnesota. 1995. ISBN 0-9646259-1-1.

THE ORPHAN TRAINS. Fry, Anette R., New Discovery Books, New York. 1994. ISBN 0-02-735721-X.

SAYING GOODBYE TO A BABY: A COUNSELOR'S GUIDE TO BIRTHPARENT LOSS AND GREIF IN ADOPTION. Roles, Patricia. Child Welfare League of America, Washington, DC. 1989. ISBN 0-87868-393-3.

SHARED FATE. Kirk, H. David

SECOND CHOICE: GROWING UP ADOPTED. Anderson, Robert. Badger Hill Press, MO. 1993..

SYNCHRONICITY AND REUNION. Stiffler, LaVonne. Write to Concerned United Birthparents (CUB), 2000 Walker Street, Des Moines, IA 50317.

TORN FROM THE HEART. Jurgens, Louise. Aslan Publishers. 1992..

TOUCHING: THE HUMAN SIGNIFICANCE OF THE SKIN. Montague, Ashley. Harper & Row, New York, 1986 (2nd Edition). ISBN 0-06-096028-0. While not specifically about adoptionthis book does detail the problems both mother and child suffer upon separation

WE ARE A PART OF HISTORY: THE STORY OF THE ORPHAN TRAINS. Patrick, Michael, Sheets, Evelyn & Trickel, Evelyn. The Lightning Tree--Jene Lyon, Publisher, NM. ISBN 0-89016-096-1.

WHERE ARE MY BIRTHPARENTS? A GUIDE FOR TEENAGE ADOPTEES. Gravelle, K. & Fischer, S. Walker & Co., NY, 1993..

If you have any suggestions, please e-mail me! I'll add more books as I come across them!

(updated 4/12/00)