BOOKS

Where Are My Birthparents? - A Guide for Teenage Adoptees by Karen Gravelle & Susan Fischer. Copyright 1993, Walker and Company, New York. ISBN 0-8027-8257-4

A guide for teenagers who decide to search for their birthparents. Through extensive research and interviews with adoptees and birthparents who have been involved in the search process, adoptees gain insight into the reaction of others involved in searching as well as practical advice on how to search. The adoptees' reasons for wanting to search are also explored.

So Here I Am! But Where Did I Come From? by Mary Ruth Wotherspoon. Copyright 1994, Pate Publishing, Detroit. ISBN 0-9638488-0-1

The story of an adoptee's 10 year search for her birthparents, and the linking of her adoptive and birth families. Also includes an index and a list of sources to help other adoptees search.

Search Aftermath and Adjustments by Patricia Sanders and Nancy Sitterly. Copyright 1981

Post reunion issues are brought to light for those who have searched, or haven't searched, and been found. Book may be purchased from Independent Search Consultants, P.O. Box 10857, Costa Mesa, CA 92627.

Adoption Reunions: A Book for Adoptees, Birth Parents, and Adoptive Families by Michelle McColm. Copyright 1993, Second Story Press. ISBN 0-929005-41-4

This book provides a balanced, compassionate, objective and comprehensive assessment of adoption and reunion experiences involving challenges and rewards, fears and hopes, anquish and joy. Valuable suggestions are given for those who have experienced or are contemplating adoption and reunion.

Half Way Home! - Contact & Reunion Guidelines by Lynn- Claire Davis. Copyright 1995,Gabrielle Press. ISBN 1-882395-78-6

More than 33 issues involved in making contact and reunion are defined. Provides sample letters and dialog for those considering reunion, as well as providing explanations, choices and warnings to consider in the reunion process.

Searching for a Past - The Adopted Adult's Unique Process to Finding Identity by Jayne Schooler. Copyright 1995,Pinion Press. ISBN 0-89109-868-2

Drawing from experiences of dozens of adult adoptees, adoptive parents and birth parents,this book shows how adoption has affected other adopted persons, what motivated them to search and how they handled their discovery. It also gives advice on many issues, such as the importance of joining a search support group and how to incorporate birth family members into your life..

Courageous Blessing - Adoptive Parents & the Search by Carol L. Demuth. Copyright 1993,Aries Center. ISBN 1-884319-02-5

A book for adoptive parents who have children who are searching. It answers some questions that adoptive parents may have about how to treat the subject, both with their children and with themselves. It offers many positive ways on how to support your child in his or her search, and helps reaffirm an adoptive parent's position in the birthparent-adoptive parent scheme.

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