BOOKS

The Adoption Triangle: Sealed or Opened Records: How They Affect Adoptees, Birth Parents, and Adoptive Parents by Arthur D. Sorosky, A. Baran, and R. Pannor. Copyright 1984, Corona Publishing Co. ISBN 0-931722-59-4

A look at how sealed and open records affects each group of the adoption triad. Thoughts and experiences by members of each of these groups are shared throughout the book.

Birth Bond: Reunions Between Birthparents and Adoptees: What Happens After by Judith Geddiman and Linda P.Brown. Copyright 1991, New Horizon Press. ISBN 0-88282-072-9

This book gives an insight into birthmothers who relinquished their children and the situations they faced, using actual stories. It also discusses the emotions the birthparent,adoptee and adoptive parents will go through once a reunion has been made, again using actual interviews as a source of information.

To Prison With Love by Sandy Musser. Copyright 1995, The Awareness Press. ISBN 0-934896-37-2

Sandy Musser's personal account of her role in the adoption search movement, and her subsequent arrest and conviction for supposedly violating the legal restrictions placed on sealed adoption records.

The Primal Wound - Understanding the Adopted Child by Nancy Newton Verrier. Copyright 1993, Gateway Press Inc. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 92-70164

In its application of information about pre and perinatal psychology, attachment, bonding and loss, this book clarifies the effects of separation from the birthmother on adopted children. In addition, it provides adoptees validation for their feelings, as well as explanations for their behavior.

Lethal Secrets by Annette Baran & Reuben Pannor. Copyright 1989, Warner Books. ISBN 0-446-71003-2

Using exerpts from 171 people involved in different aspects of the artificial insemination process, the authors probe the shadowy side of donor insemination, from the secrecy in which the procedure is clocked, to the children and adults who will never know from whence they came or how many children they may have sired. This book is not an indictment against insemination, but more of a call to break the silence behind the procedure.

Unlocking the Adoption Files by Paul Sachdev. Copyright 1989, Lexington Books. ISBN 0-669-24780-4

An balanced look at the debate involving open records. The author talks with all parties involved in the adoption proceedings: adoptees, birth parents, adoptive parents and adoption agencies. Cases for and against open records are presented, with comments from those interviewed.

Synchronicity & Reunion - The Genetic Connection of Adoptees and Birthparents by LaVonne Harper Stiffler. Copyright 1992, FEA Publishing. ISBN 0-9634410-0-0

The anecdotes of 70 reunited families are used to highlight the coincidences and similarities of Adoptees and Birthparents who have found each other. Different theories are given for the connections that exist between the two groups.

Adoption by Jeanne DuPrau. Copyright 1981, Julian Messner. ISBN 0-671-69329-8

This book explores the feelings and experiences of adoptees, birth parents and adopted parents. The author explores the current thinking of psychologists and legal experts on adoptive concerns and provides information on organizations the provide search assistance and that counsel pregnant women.

Working with Older Adoptees Edited by Loren Coleman, Karen Tilbor, Helaine Hornby and Carol Boggis. Copyright 1988, University of Southern Maine. ISBN 0-939561-05-0

Adoption Professionals present a range of of models for providing mental health and other supportive services to older adopted children and their families. Put out by the University of Southern Maine, it is intended for professionals in mental health and child welfare who are dealing with older adopted children and their families.

Adoptive Kinship - A Modern Institution in Need of Reform by H. David Kirk. Copyright 1981, Ben-Simon Publications. ISBN 0-914539-01-9

A Sociological and clinical expose on the difficulties peculiar to adoptive family life stemming from well-meant but mistaken laws and administrative practices regarding adoption as it currently works. Charts, court cases and surveys are included throughout the book.

Fostering Changes: Treating Attachment Disordered Foster Children By Richard J. Delaney, Ph.D. Copyright 1991, Walter J. Corbett Publishing. ISBN 0-9629849-0-6

Meant for case workers, foster parents and mental health professionals, this book provides optimistic, yet realistic, guidelines for intervention with disturbed foster children. While the victims can be removed from the source of abuse and neglect, they take with them invisible, internal scars of early maltreatment which often show up as attachment disorder.

Adoption Nation: How the Adoption Revolution is Transforming America By Adam Pertman.Copyright 2000, Basic Books

For too long, adoption has been viewed as a benevolent, philanthropic practice, with little or no examination of adoption and 'Child Welfare' as big business. This book takes on money, power, identity and accountability. A good look at an adoption system in need of reform.

Ethics in American Adoption By L Anne Babb.

Explores the lack of consensus about what constitutes ethical practice in adoption It explores how birth parents, adoptive parents, and adult adoptees ought to be served.

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