Primal Wound by
Nancy Verrier; One adoptive mother's search for the truth about the separation
of mother and child and the life long effects that separation can bring.
Birthmother Trauma
by Heather Carline; A good book illustrating the trauma that occurs
in a woman that is forced to relinquish her child or truly opts to let
go of her child of her own free will.
Birthmothers: Women Who
Have Relinquished Babies for Adoption Tell Their Stories by Merry
Bloch Jones: A wide variety of stories, each one filled with the pain and
sorrow that accompanies losing a child to adoption.
Secret Thoughts of an Adoptive
Mother by Jana Wolff: This book starts out rough on birthmothers,
but keep reading. She begins to empathize and understand the true
pain of the birthmother as the book continues. It's also an excellent
look into the road a woman walks on the way towards finally choosing adoption
as her way to become a parent.
The Courage to Teach
by Parker J. Palmer: This book is not about adoption, but is about
the importance of community in the lives of our children and ourselves.
It is an amazing book and I recommend it to anyone that wishes to bring
a sense of community and wholeness into their lives and into the world
of adoption.
Journey of the Adopted Self: A Quest For Wholeness by Betty Jean
Lifton: Addresses the myths, the fantasies and the skewed perceptions society &
many adoptive parents have about being adopted. One by one she exposes the
truths and realities of closed adoption as it impacts adoptees.
Lost & Found by Betty Jean Lifton: The adoption experience from primarily the adoptees's viewpoint.
The Secret Life of the Unborn Child by Thomas Verney, M.D.: What baby hears & senses in the last trimester of pregnancy stays with
him/her for life.
Shedding Light On...The Darkside of Adoption by Marsha Riben: Adoption myths shattered.
The Other Mother : A Woman's Love for the Child She Gave Up for
Adoption by Carol Schaefer:Covers one birthmother's experience from 1966 through the time of her search and reunion with her son and even includes her being with the adoptive family for her first grandchild's baptism. Most bmoms I know, having read this book, all say, "She told MY story!!"
Adoption: A Hand Full Of Hope by Suzanne Arms: When one child is in a closed adoption; the other one is in an open. 15 year tracking of two sets of parents & the children.
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