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Classics |
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Adoptive Kinship: A Modern Institution in Need of Reform
by H.
David Kirk. |
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by Arthur D. Sorosky, Rueben Pannor, Annette Baran. Doubleday, 1984. |
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The Other Mother: A Woman's Love for the Child She Gave Up for
Adoption by Carol Schaefer. Soho Press, 1991. ISBN 0939149753. |
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The Primal Wound: Understanding the Adopted Child
by Nancy
Newton Verier. |
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Shared Fate: A Theory and Method of Adoptive Relationships
by H.
David Kirk. |
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by Betty Jean Lifton. OP |
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Twice Born: Memoirs of an Adopted Daughter
by Betty Jean Lifton. |
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Emotional/Psychological Aspects of Adoption |
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Adoptees Come of Age: Living Within Two Families (Counseling and
Pastoral Theology) by Ronald J. Nydam. John Knox Press, 1999. ISBN 0664256716. |
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Adoption Encounter: Hurt, Transition, Healing
by Mary Jo
Rillera. |
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Adoption Healing ...a path to recovery
by Joe Soll. |
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Adoption Reunion Survival Guide: Preparing Yourself for the
Search, Reunion, and Beyond by Julie Bailey and Lynn Giddens. New Harbinger, 2001. ISBN 1572242280. |
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by Linda Cannon Burgess. |
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Being Adopted: The Lifelong Search for Self by David M.Brodzinsky, Marshall D. Schlechter, Robin Marantz Henig. Anchor, 1993. ISBN 0385414269. |
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Coming Home to Self: The Adopted Child Grows Up
by Nancy Newton Verrier |
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Exploring Adoptive Family Life: The Collected Adoption Papers of
H. David Kirk by H. David Kirk. Ben-Simon, 1988. ISBN 0914539035. |
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The Family of Adoption: Completely Revised and Updated by Joyce Maguire Pavao. Beacon Press, 1999. ISBN 0807028010 |
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by Rick
Ouston. |
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by Ann Fessler. |
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by A. M. Homes. |
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Journey of the Adopted Self: A Quest for Wholeness
by Betty
Jean Lifton. |
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Looking for Lost Bird: A Jewish Woman Discovers Her Navajo Roots by Yvette Melanson and Claire Safran. Bard Books, 2000. ISBN 0380795531. |
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Raising Adopted Children, Revised Edition: Practical Reassuring
Advice for Every Adoptive Parent by Lois Ruskai Messina. Harper Perennial, 1998. ISBN 0060957174. |
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by Patricia E. Roles. Child Welfare League of America, 1989. ISBN 0878683879. |
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Searching for a Past: The Adopted Adult's Unique Process of
Finding Identity by Jayne E. Schooler. ISBN 0891098682. |
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So Here I Am! but Where Did I Come From?: An Adoptee's Search
for Identity By Mary Ruth Wotherspoon. Pate, 1994. ISBN 0963848801. |
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Synchronicity and Reunion: The Genetic Connection of Adoptees
and Birthparents by La Vonne Harper Stiffler. Stiffler, 1992. ISBN 0963441000. |
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Personal Accounts |
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Outsiders Within: Writing on Transracial Adoption Edited by Jane Jeong Trenka, Julia Chinyere Oparah, and Sun Yung Shin |
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by Katrina Maxtone-Graham. |
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by Jean Strauss. |
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by Lorraine Dusky |
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Birthmothers: Women Who Have Relinquished Babies for Adoption
Tell Their Stories by Merry Bloch Jones. Backinprint.com, 2000. ISBN 059500637X. |
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by Caroline
Garden. |
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Chasing Away the Shadows: An Adoptee's Journey to Motherhood
by Zara
Phillips. |
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by Elisa M. Barton. |
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by Kathleen
Silber & Phylis Speedlin. |
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Finding Me In a Paper Bag: Searching For Both Sides Now
by Sally
Howard. |
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A Ghost at Heart's Edge: Stories and Poems of Adoption edited by Susan Ito and Tina Cervin. North Atlantic, 1999. ISBN 1556433239. |
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The Gift Wrapped in Sorrow: A Mother's Quest for Healing
by Jane Guttman D.C. |
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The Gift of Roots: Heartwarming Reunion Stories As Told to an
Adoptive Mother |
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by Jan Waldron. |
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Healing the Hole in A Heart: One Birthmother's Journey into the
Adoption Triangle by Nancy Mac Isaac. Mac Isaac Enterprises, 1998. ISBN 097249902. |
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I Hope You Have a Good Life: A True Story of Love, Loss and
Redemption by Campbell Armstrong. Crown, 2000. ISBN 0609605313. |
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by Betty
Jean Lifton. |
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May the Circle Be Unbroken: An Intimate Journey into the Heart
of Adoption by Lynn C. Franklin. Three Rivers Press, 1997. ISBN 0609804804. |
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by Lee
Ezell. |
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Of Many Colors: Portraits of Multiracial Families
by Gigi
Kaeser & Peggy Gillespie. |
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by Ruthena Hill Kittson. OP |
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Out of the Shadows: Birthfathers' Stories
by Mary Martin Mason. |
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Outer Search/Inner Journey: An Orphan and Adoptee's Quest
by Peter F.
Dodds. |
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Perspectives on a Grafted Tree: Thoughts for Those Touched by Patricia Irwin Johnston. Perspectives Press, 1983. ISBN 0960950400. |
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Sacred Connections: Stories of Adoption by Mary Ann Koenig. Photography by Niki Berg. Running Press, 2000. ISBN 0762408014. |
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Shadow Train: A Journey Between Relinquishment and Reunion
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by Joseph Tosini. |
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Soul Connection: Memoir of A Birthmother's Healing Journey
by Ann H. Hughes. |
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Ten Thousand Sorrows : The Extraordinary Journey of a Korean War
Orphan by Elizabeth Kim. Doubleday, 2000. ISBN 0385496338 |
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by Nancy A. Robinson. |
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by Margaret Moorman. |
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Wake Up Little Susie: Single Pregnancy and Race Before Roe v.
Wade by Rickie Solinger. Routledge, 2nd edition 2000. |
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by Clare Marcus. MacMillan, 1981. ISBN 0771594941. |
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Within Me, Without Me: Adoption : Open and Shut Case?
by Sue
Wells. |
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Politics, Policy and Adoption Reform |
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Making Room in Our Hearts: Keeping Family Ties Through Open
Adoption by Micky Duxbury. Routledge, 2006. |
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The Baby Thief: The Untold Story of Georgia Tann, the Baby
Seller Who Corrupted Adoption by Barbara Bisantz Raymond. Carroll & Graf Publishers, 2007. |
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Adoption: Philosophy and Experience
by Randolph
W. Severson |
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by Joanne
Wolf Small |
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Adoption Nation: How the Adoption Revolution Is Transforming
America by Adam Pertman. Basic Books, 2000. ISBN 0465056504. |
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Adoption Politics: Bastard Nation and Ballot Initiative 58
by E. Wayne Carp |
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Lethal Secrets: The Psychology of Donal Insemination – Problems
and Solutions by Annette Baran, Reuben Pannor and Arthur D. Sorosky. Amistad Press, 1993. ISBN 1567430201. |
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by Mary Kathleen Benet. |
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by Marsha
Riben and Mirah Riben. |
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To Prison With Love: The True Story of an Indecent Indictment and America's Adoption Travesty by Sandy Musser. Adoption Awareness Press, 1994. ISBN 0934896372. |
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Search and Reunion |
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Adoption Searchbook: Techniques for Tracing People
by Mary Jo Rillera. |
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Adoption Reunion Survival Guide: Preparing Yourself for the
Search, Reunion, and Beyond by Julie Bailey and Lynn Giddens. New Harbinger, 2001. ISBN 1572242280. |
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by Joseph J. Culligan. |
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Birthbond: Reunions Between Birthparents and Adoptees by Judith H. Gediman, Joan S. Dunphy, and Linda P. Brown. New Horizon Press, 1991. ISBN 0882820729. |
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Birthright: The Guide to Search and Reunion for Adoptees,
Birthparents, and Adoptive Parents by Jean Strauss. Penguin, 1994. ISBN 0140512950. |
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by Nancy Newman. |
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Faint Trails: A Guide to Adult Adoptee-Birth Parent
Reunification Searches
by Hal
Aigner. |
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How to Find Almost Anyone, Anywhere, Revised and Updated Edition by Norma Mott Tillman. Rutledge Hill Press, 1998. ISBN 1558536574. |
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How to Open an Adoption: A guide for parents and birthparents of
minors by Patricia Martinez Dorner. R-Squared Press, 1997. ISBN 0964103583. |
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How to Locate Anyone Who Is or Has Been in the Military by Lt. Col. Richard S. Johnson. Military Information Enterprise, 1999. ISBN 1877639508 |
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by Sandra
Musser. |
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In Search of Mom: Journey of an Adoptee
by Michael
Watson. |
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ITHAKA: A Daughter's Memoir of Being Found
by
Sarah Saffian. |
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Lifeline: The Action Guide to Adoption Search
by Virgil L.
Klunden. |
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Lost and Found: The Adoption Experience
by Betty Jean Lifton. |
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A Man and His Mother: An Adopted Son's Search
by Tim
Green. |
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Reunion: A Year in Letters Between a Birthmother and the
Daughter She Couldn't Keep by Katie Hern and Ellen McGarry Carlson. Seal Press, 1999. |
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Search: A Handbook for Adoptees and Birthparents
by Jayne
Askin. |
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Sibling Reunions: A Letter to Those Who Have Been Contacted
by Randolph
W. Severson. |
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Thank You Son for Finding Me: A Birthmother's Story
by Beth Kane. |
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Whose Child? : An Adoptee's Healing Journey from Relinquishment
through Reunion ... and Beyond by Kasey Hamner. Triad, 2000. ISBN 0967414504. |
| Others |
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Black Baby White Hands: A View from the Crib by Jaiya John |
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Fumbling Toward Divinity: The Adoption Scriptures by Craig Hickman |
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by A. M. Homes |
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Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew by Sherrie Eldridge |
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Adoption and Recovery: Solving the Mystery of Reunion by Evelyn Burns Robinson |
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Adoption and Loss: The Hidden Grief (Revised Edition) by Evelyn Burns Robinson |
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Orphan Train Rider: One Boy's True Story by Andrea Warren |
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Twenty Life Transforming Choices Adoptees Need to Make by Sherrie Eldridge |
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Adoption Reunions: A Book for Adoptees, Birth Parents and Adoptive Families by Michelle McColm |
