BOOKS

Lost and Found: The Adoption Experience by Betty Jean Lifton. Copyright 1988,Harper & Row. ISBN 0-06-097132-0

An exploration of the psychological issues faced by adoptees and by all children who have been separated from a parent and denied the right to know their true origins. The author herself is an adoptee.

An Adoptee's Dreams by Penny Callan Partridge. Copyright 1995, Gateway Press Inc. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 95-75493

Poems and stories by Adoptees.

Adopted Children at Home and at School by Prof. Dr. R.A.C. Hoksbergen, F. Juffer (M.A.) and B.C. Waardenburg (M.A.). Copyright 1986. ISBN 90-265-0845-X

A study and report on the integration, after eight years, of 116 Thai children in the Dutch Society. The account of the many experiences and emotions of the 88 families involved provides information that might be interesting for anyone interested in adoption.

So You're Adopted - A Book about the Experience of Being Adopted by Fred Powledge. Copyright 1982, Charles Scribner's Sons. ISBN 0-684-17347-6

Fred Powledge, who was adopted in infancy, shares his own feelings and experiences in this discussion, touching on the historical roots, social evolution and legal aspects of adoption as background for the personal concerns and questions that sometimes trouble adopted youngsters and their parents.

Journey of the Adopted Self: A Quest for Wholeness by Betty Jean Lifton. Copyright 1983, BasicBooks. ISBN 0-465-00811-9

Filled with moving life stories of adopted men and women, this book examines how separation from the birth mother and secrecy in the adoption system have affected adoptees' sense of identity as well as their attachment to their adopted parents.

ITHAKA - A Daughter's Memoir of Being Found by Sarah Saffian. Copyright 1998, Basic Books. ISBN 0-465-03618-X

Weaving together letters, journal entries, memories and reflections, the author tells of growing up in her adopted family, the first phone call from her birthmother, and the reunion with her birthparents which takes place three years later.

Being Adopted: The Lifelong Search for Self by David Brodzinsky,Marshall Schechter & Robin Henig. Copyright 1992, Doubleday. ISBN 0-385-41402-1

Using actual accounts of adoptees at different stages of their life, the authors demonstrate the lifelong impact being adopted can have on the adoptee. They have over fifty years experience in clinical and research work with adoptees and their families.

Letters to My Birthmother - An Adoptee's Diary of Her Search for Her Identity by Amy E. Dean. Copyright 1991,Pharos Books ISBN 0-88687-615-X

Written as a series of unmailed letters to her birthmother, Amy Dean tries to come to terms with some of the confusing and conflicting emotions that have dominated her heart and mind since she found her birthmother. It is an introspective account of how she made the decision to search, of finding her birthmother, and what happened afterword.

Adoptee Trauma - A Counseling Guide For Adoptees by Heather Carlini. Copyright 1993,Morning side Publishing. ISBN 0- 9696295-2-4

The revised edition is a must read for adoptees preparing for reunions with birth relatives. It reveals the subconscious emotional pain some adoptees have of not belonging anywhere, and the reasons why they so often have difficulty leading normal, happy lives.

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