books about: adoptees     books:       Birthright: The Guide to Search and Reunion for Adoptees, Birthparents, and Adoptive...14 reviews Jean A. S. Strauss Penguin (Non-Classics), 1994 ABSOLUTELY EXCELLENT! To help someone not only understand why they are searching, but help in getting started in the search. This was a God send for me! I am now sharing my copy with my neighbor who is an adoptive mom. It's just wonderful. Everyone should read it.             Two Thousand Minnows: An American Story19 reviews Sandra Leigh The Lyons Press, 2003 One of the few books that I bought,and that says alot! Okay,This is this best book I have EVER read! I could relate so well to this book because I grew up poor myself.My mom and I actually had to sleep in a car because we had no where to go.I read this book a few years ago and I still think of this book all the time.I had to struggle with buying it because when you grow up poor,you cant fathom spending money on something like a book.I may be 33 yrs ...             The Family of Adoption22 reviews Joyce Maguire Pavao Beacon Press, 1999 Great reading for anyone touched by adoption This book is an excellent discussion of the ways adoption is experienced by all members of the triad, with particular emphasis on the normal developmental issues adoptees face at different times of their lives. Joyce Maguire Pavao is clear and forthright, sensitive and reassuring. Her wise insight is illustrated with examples and the poetry of adoptees. I highly recommend this book.             Fumbling Toward Divinity: The Adoption Scriptures10 reviews Craig Hickman Annabessacook Farm, 2005 Who am I? Craig Hickman, an adopted child, decides he wants to know who his birth parents are. After a long and arduous search, Craig locates his mother Jennifer who was forced by her mother to give him up at birth. Craig discovers that he has twin sisters, aunts, uncles and a grandmother who rules the clan. At various functions, the adopted family, the birth family and Craig's husband, get together to ...             Whose Child? : An Adoptee's Healing Journey from Relinquishment through Reunion ... and Beyond27 reviews Kasey Hamner Triad Publishing (CA), 2000 Whose Child? Once I started reading Whose Child?, I could not put the book down. I am an adoptee who has searched, found and reunited, like Kasey, only to find more obstacles to overcome. It helped me to know that I wasn't alone. From her childhood abuse and through her search for her birthparents, and a rocky reunion, she is a shining example of a true survivor. I commend Kasey for sharing her personal ...             The English American: A Novel52 reviews Alison Larkin Simon & Schuster, 2008 I read this book in a day it was so good! this book was so good. i didn't want to put it down so i was able to read it in one day. than when i finished the book i really wanted to know what happened to pippa. alison larkin should write a sequel. once you read this book you will agree with me!             A Wealth of Family: An Adopted Son's International Quest for Heritage, Reunion, and Enrichment (Family ...17 reviews Thomas Brooks Alpha Multimedia, Inc., 2006 a must read! I thought this book was inspiring, especially for those seeking their roots. I felt as though I knew the author personally by the end of the story as I went along for the journey with him. It is a must read!             A Very Special Child9 reviews Debra Shiveley Welch Saga Books, 2005 From The Heart of Love In this heartwarming book by author Debra Shiveley Welch, we are privilaged to experience the depths of her love and thankfulness for her adoptive son Christopher. The author takes you on a journey from her and her husbands head-bent prayers to their God asking for a child, receiving their blessing and the child's growing years. Very touching, very sensitive. In her work, Ms. Welch ...             Zora's Cry10 reviews Tia McCollors Lift Every Voice, 2006 A salute to the 'Sisterhood' When the realization of being adopted finally dissolves into normalcy, it becomes continual struggle with self-esteem and identity problems for Zora Bridgeforth, a twenty-nine year old trying to bridge the many gaps in her life. This is Zora's Cry, a good story from Tia McCollors that has both poignancy and a sense of belonging for those sympathetic to a character on a mission. Oftentimes ...             Adoption Healing... A Path to Recovery for Mothers Who Lost Children to Adoption33 reviews Joe Soll, Karen Wilson Buterbaugh Gateway Press, Inc., 2003 Very Therapeutic I thought this book was wonderful. It definitely helped me to realize that I wasn't alone in my feelings and fears, decades after losing a baby to adoption. I feel it has helped me to face the truths of just how things happened and helped me to realize that it was not only not my decision but it was not my fault. I was given no choice and this book helped me to realize that. It has been very ...             Daughter of the Ganges4 reviews Atria eBooks, 2006 A journey into the past and a search for one's birth identity This is a book about trying to find out about oneself, and Asha Miro is the young woman who is trying to piece together her fragmented past, from her life in India until she was six until the day she returned to India from Spain, in the hope of finding out more about her adoption, her birth family and why they had given her up. This book is actually two books in one, the first being Daughter ...             Growing In The Dark: Adoption Secrecy And Its Consequences6 reviews Janine M. Baer Xlibris Corporation, 2004 How Adoption's Past Informs the Present Beautiful things don't grow in the dark, they grow in the light, so we should all be very grateful that adoption is finally emerging from the shadows. Baer assists us with this book, which is thoroughly researched and meticulously documented. Adopted people have been searching for their families much, much longer than current adoption stories would have us believe. Baer's work is centred in ...             Chasing Away the Shadows: An Adoptee's Journey to Motherhood5 reviews Zara Phillips Zara Music, 2004 A page-turning inner adventure A vivid and entertaining story of one determined young woman's quest to find her unique place in the world. Adopted as an infant by well-to-do parents in a London suburb, Zara Phillips felt wracked with a sense of displacement she couldn't explain -- an inner turmoil at odds with her developing persona as a cool rock singer. In secret, she decided that she must discover her truth of her identity. ...             Motherbridge of Love7 reviews Xinran Barefoot Books, 2007 not just for the little ones We brought our two adopted daughters back to Jiande orphanage as preteens in 2006 and addressed the birthmom question not for the first time ... we had relied on the "Choco" book and other fables available in the mid-90s when we first had these discussions of the "tummy Mom" and the "real Mom." Too bad this book had not been available then. However, it is such a graphically beautiful book and ...             Beneath a Tall Tree6 reviews Jean A.S. Strauss Arete-U S a Pub Co, 2001 Five oars for Jean Strauss If "beneath a tall tree" doesn't tug at your heart and bring tears to your eyes, go see your doctor for a checkup. Strauss bares her soul in this fascinating adventure about her life. Besides being enormously helpful to adoptees, it provides a deep, raw look into the mindset of an adoptee. Her fluid style makes this an easy read.             For Love Of A Child: Stories Of Adoption4 reviews Lisa Meadows Garfield Agate Lake Publishing, LLC, 2005 Highly recommend I started this book late one evening and literally could not put it down until my eyes were crossing at about 2 a.m. The stories are far more interesting and compelling than fiction could be (which is saying a lot as I love fiction.) They are forthright, honest, and deeply emotional without sugar coating or sentimentality. The honesty includes mistakes made; the author clearly was trusted by ...             The Gift Wrapped in Sorrow: A Mother's Quest for Healing4 reviews Jane Guttman Jmj Pub., 1999 The tragedy of the loss of a child to adoption A well-written account of a single mother's pregnancy, loss of her child to adoption and subsequent search for him. This poignant description of one woman's profound loss typifies the tragedy of millions of women in similar circumstances, who were coerced into giving up their children and the on-going trauma they suffered as a result. A must read for anyone whose life has been affected by ...             Patty's Journey: From Orphanage to Adoption and Reunion5 reviews Donna Scott Norling University of Minnesota Press, 1996 Important and enlightening I've now read several nonfiction works by adults who were adopted as children and later reunited with their birth parents. Patty's Journey is very good. The book is well-written, though not Donna Scott Nordling's prose is not nearly as compelling or literary in quality as that of Betty Jean Lifton's Twice Born. Nor does this book offer the same insight into an adopted child's sense of being ...             The Search of a Lifetime6 reviews Kathryn M. Denton, Teresa M. Cummings Authorhouse, 2000 A thoroughly detailed account of a birth mother's search This was literally two books in one! Kathy Denton's account of searching for, and finding, (though not meeting) her daughter was very detailed and she provided excellent search tips on finding missing people along the way. Her sister, Teresa Cummings, added a lighter side to the book in her contribution of "Spynet, A Fable", a search for a missing town. It is interspersed throughout the book, ...             A Bridge Less Traveled, Twice Visited5 reviews Robert Andersen, Rhonda Tucker Badger Hill Press, 2000 An Excellent Book This is another excellent though difficult book on the subject of adoption, like Robert Andersen's other title Second Choice: Growing up Adopted. Both were very useful to this adoptee. It is difficult in two ways. It may unsettle adoptees reading it who have not considered the adoption issues raised. That is good. That is why it is valuable. It is also difficult in its introduction of ...              search for books adoptees, adoption, adoptive, american, beneath, birthparents, birthright, chasing, children, consequences, daughter, divinity, enrichment, fumbling, heritage, international, lifetime, motherbridge, motherhood, mothers, orphanage, recovery, relinquishment, scriptures, stories, success, thousand, traveled, visited, wrapped books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen DVD: Dragon Ball GT - The Lost Episodes - Conviction (Vol. 4) we recommend I read this book in a day it was so good! leave a comment home  impressum - about us