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Adoption Related Bibliography

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Adoption Healing Adoption Healing... a path to recovery
by Joe Soll, LCSW, Adoptee, Psychotherapist.

The US price is $23.50 including S&H. 

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An exploration of the development of the personality of the adoptee and suggested methods of
 healing the hurt child within.

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Healing for Moms Adoption Healing... a path to recovery for mothers who lost children to adoption
by Joe Soll, LCSW, Adoptee, Psychotherapist and Karen Wilson Buterbaugh, Mother.

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 An exploration of the coersion of women to surrender their babies to adoption and suggested methods of healing the wounds of that loss.
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Evil Exchange  Evil Exchange- a mystery
by Joe Soll and Lori Paris 

An adoptee is stunned to find out that as an infant, he was sold on the black market by a notorious baby seller who falsified his records. For the last forty-three years, his life has been a lie.    
An FBI agent discovers the makings of a modern day baby selling ring which leads him on a cross-country chase to find those responsible for the horrific crimes.    These two powerful stories collide in an emotionally charged ride that will keep you on the edge of our seat from start to finish.

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Where Are My Birthparents? by Karen Gravelle & Susan Fischer
Hardcover = $18

60% off Paperback =  $9   

An award winning  Guide for Teenage Adoptees: Psychological Issues of Searching Adolescents


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CERA pin $ 6  (Actual size is 3/4" Circle)
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Missing In Adoption Ribbon with Liberty Bell $3 (comes with pin for attaching to clothing)
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 I Wonder Who My Mother Is?   Sung by Joe Soll (Adoptee) $10 
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abandoned Abandoned Child Within: On Losing and Regaining Self-Worth
by Kathrin Asper.

A Wonderful book that explores the effects of abandonment and thoughts on reclaiming one's self-worth.

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Adopted Like Me Adopted Like Me
 by Michael Watson

A gripping account of an adoptee's decade long quest for his mom, the truth and personal identity

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Adoption and Loss :  The Hidden Grief
 by Evelyn Burns Robinson, natural mother and Counsellor

A riveting book... One woman's pregnancy, coercion to surrender, search and aftermath... An absolute necessity for all to read.

(Click here to order directly from the Publisher... The price is about $22 USD including shipping)



 
Adoption Forum Adoption Forum :  Intimate Discussions to Unite the Triad in Healing
 by Kasey Hamner, Adoptee

Kasey's newest book is unique, intriguing and educational.  I gained new perspectives and insights from all the contributors.  Read it and see for yourself.

(Click here to order directly from the Publisher... The price is about $18 USD including shipping)



 
Adoption Reunion Survival Guide
Preparing yourself for the Search, Reunion and Beyond 

 by Julie Jarrell Bailey & Lynn N Giddens, M.A.

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Adoption Triangle :  How Sealed Records affect all those affected by adoption 
 by Sorosky, Baran & Pannor,

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kirschner Adoption: Uncharted Waters
 by David Kirschner, Ph.D.,
Examines adoption issues of abandonment, loss, attachment, bonding, natural-parent fantasies & split-identity; as reflected in the Adopted Child Syndrome (ACS) and evidenced in extreme cases of adoptees who commit acts of homicide. Clinical and forensic issues in adoption are explored in high-profile cases.

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Ancient Tear An Ancient Tear
 by Carol Schaefer
The compelling story of how a mother's wounds of losing a child through death, miscarriage, abortion and adoption can be healed through a connection to and with spiritual realms.

(Click here to order from Amazon)


 
Beggars and Choosers: How the Politics of Choice Shapes Adoption,
Abortion, and Welfare in the United States  by Rickie Solinger

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beyond Beyond the Bridge:   A natural mother's compelling story of her reunion with the son she lost to adoption  by Linda Ehle Callens

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book of sarahs The Book of Sarahs:  A family in parts by Catherine E McKinley
A moving and most intelligent account of what it feels like to be locked inside of one of the more complicated identity crises of our time.

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A Bridge Less Travelled, Twice Visited, 
by Robert Andersen, MD and Rhonda Tucker

The story of the relationship between two adoptees from their two perspectives

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 Burning of the Marriage Hat 
by Margaret Benshoof-Holler

This is a spell-binding and most poignant tale of a woman's search for the daughter 
she lost to adoption and the secrets she uncovers along the way."

Click below or on the book'c cover to order directly from the author http://www.burningofthemarriagehat.com/index.html



 
Adoption Books from New Zealand 

Five wonderful books about adoption from experts in New Zealand.

Click here to view their web page and to order directly from the publishers



 
Can of Worms, by Catherine Doherty.

The story of her adoption search and reunion in Comic Book form.

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ChasingAway Chasing Away The Shadows: An Adoptee's Journey to Motherhood
by Zara Phillips


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Children of Open Adoption 
by Kathleen Silber & Patricia Martiniz Dorner  $10.95 plus postage

To Order, Click on ->    PDorner@email.msn.com



 
coming home
Coming Home to Self  
by Nancy Newton Verrier

The Adopted Child Grows Up

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courage The Courage to Heal:  A guide for women survivors of Child Sexual Abuse 
by Ellen Bass and Laura Davis. 

A bible for those affected by Child Sexual Abuse 

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drama Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self by Alice Miller.

Just one of her insightful series of exploring the ways children are mistreated, the results and thoughts on what to do about it.

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drama Ever After: Fathers and the impact of adoption:   by Gary Coles.

This is the first book to integrate one father's personal experience with more general accounts of how men have reacted to losing a child to adoption. Informed by first-hand knowledge and research, it is an account of the impact of adoption on birth fathers and the influence of birth fathers on adoption (Click here to order from Amazon)



 
The Family of Adoption by Joyce Maguire Pavao
 

A comprehensive exploration of the developmental stages of growth of the adoptee.

 . (Click here to order from Amazon)



 
Finding Me in a Paper Bag Finding Me in a Paper Bag: Searching for Both Sides Now  by Sally Howard
 

An adopted woman's quest for her origins;.heartbreaking, enlightening and compelling.

 . (Click here to order from the author)



 
Follow Your Heart    Follow Your Heart  by Lori Paris

A touching and heartwarming account of a young woman who discovers she was adopted. She sets out on a quest for her true identity, no matter the risk.



tambourine
Following the Tambourine Man     by Janet Mason Ellerby
 

A natural mother's memoir.

 . (Click here to order from Amazon)



   
The Forbidden Love (Genetic Sexual Attraction)  by Barb Gonyo

  An exploration of the mutual attraction often experienced at reunion.

   Click here to order from the author
 



 
Ghost at Hearts Edge A Ghost at Heart's Edge  Edited by Susan Ito and Tina Cervin 

A truly moving and important collection of Stories and Poems of Adoption

 (Click Here to Order directly from the Authors)



 
The Gift Wrapped In Sorrow:  A Mother's Quest for Healing
by Jane Guttman, D.C. 
 

To Order by Email, Click on -> giftjcdc@aol.com



 
 
How to Open An Adoption: a guide for parents and
  natural parents of minors 
by Patricia Martiniz Dorner  $9.95 plus postage

To Order, Click on ->    PDorner@email.msn.com



      
I Would Have Searched Forever,   by Sandy Musser (Natural mother) 

Sandy's Story of the search for her daughter.  A must read...

You may order this book direct from Sandy Musser .  Email her at: Muss102@aol.com



 
invisible thread Invisible Thread   by Maree Giles

Based on a  true adoption story - a powerful debut novel
from the award-winning short-story write

(Click here to order from the publisher



 
 
Journey of the Adopted Self: A quest for wholeness  by Betty Jean Lifton. 

 And reading it is a wonderful journey, too.

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Lost and Found:  The Adoption Experience   by Betty Jean Lifton. 

A perceptive look at the adoption experience.  Extremely powerful reading. 

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Magical Child:   by Joseph Chilton Pearce. 

An exploration of the powerful, necesssary and sacred relationship between a mother
and the child she gives birth to.

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one life
One Life by  Nicole Holmquist
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One Life is a gripping, heart-wrenching story of an adopted woman's journey to wholeness.  Nicole Holmquist's courage and strong core-self are the key to her survival in a struggle that many with less strength would not manage to do.  This well-written narrative is a must read. 

Prepare yourself to be glued to your chair from start to finish"



 
The Other Mother by Carol Schaefer (Natural mother) $17
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 A first mother's story of her experience from surrender to reunion. (A Super Book!)

You may order the video of the Other Mother direct from Carol Schaefer.
 Email her at:
  CarolSch1@aol.com



secret country The Past is a Secret Country  by Maree Giles

A poignant tale of a mother's odyssey to regain custody of lost children.

(Click here to order from the publisher


  
pie Pieces of Pie:  Surviving  Love    Pie Dumas

A must read for educators, mental health professionals and anyone in recovery who is seeking greater awareness and inner peace..

(Click here to order from the publisher


   
pregnancy & power
Pregnancy And Power: A Short History of Reproductive Politics in America 
by Rickie Solinger.

Written from a broad, multi-issue, feminist perspective, placing the struggle for reproductive freedom at the center of a variety of political battles.. (A Must Read Book!)

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pretty blue The Pretty Blue    by Kari Caulfield

Pretty Blue is an emotional roller-coaster...  a young woman's search for her truth and the mother she lost at birth.  In this well written novel, Kari Caulfield has captured the intense emotional issues of adoption search and reunion.   You will not be able to put Pretty Blue down until you finish  the last page of this gripping work.

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The Primal Wound: Legacy of the Adopted Child by Nancy Verrier, MA, (AdoptiveMother) $18 

The effects of separation of mother and child. The key to the psychology of the adoptee. (Simply,The 
BEST description of the psychological development of an adopted person.)

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To Prison with Love by Sandy Musser (Natural mother) $13 

Sandy went to Federal Prison for all those separated by adoption. This is her courageous story.

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same smile The Same Smile  by Susan Melllo Souza with Joanne Medeiros Harrington

The triumph of a Mother's Love after
losing two daughters.

(Click here to order from the publisher



  
Second Choice: Growing Up Adopted by Robert Andersen,MD (Adoptee) $13 

An adoptee's story of his life from a therapeutic and non-therapeutic point of view. A very unique and wonderful book.

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secret of me
The Secret of Me
by Meg Kearney.

"Wonderfully wr itten, often funny, always alive and honest, this brave book is about the agony of being different, of keeping the secret of yourself - and it speaks to the outsider and the searcher in all of us"

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& Shadow Train:  A Natural mother's Journey from Relinquishment to Reunion  by Pat Taylor

To Order, Click on >  http://members.aol.com/shadtrain/




 
shared
Shared Heartbeats
Betty Sue Scott

A mother of adoption loss shares her life's journey, to be reunited with the son she lost to adoption. Her sorry, her heart's cry to God, and the ecstacy of answered Prayer. Truly inspiring!

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Shedding Light on the Dark Side of Adoption:  True Stories of the treatment of pregnant women:   by Mirah Riben.

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A Single Square Picture  A Single Square Picture:  A Korean Adoptee's Search for Her Roots
.  by Katy Robinson

A unique  book and a compelling story....A must for Korean born adoptees and all who know them

(Click here to order from Amazon)


 

Soul Connection:  A Natural hmother's  Healing Journey by Ann Hege Hughes
"A remarkable search story.     Reads like an adventure novel."

To Order, Click on ->     ahughes@gatewaypress.com




hope

Sound of Hope:A True Story of an Adoptee's Quest for her Origins,
by Anne Bauer

"A touching and important tale of truth."

(Click here to order from Amazon)




stork
The Stork Market by Mirah Riben

America's multi-billion dollar unregulated adoption industry

(Click here to order from Amazon)



 
surrendered child Surrendered Child by Karen Salyer McElmurray
"A wonderful, almost unbearably honest book."

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Talking to Your Child About Adoption
 by Patricia Martiniz Dorner  $6.96 plus postage
Available in both English and Spanish

To Order, Click on ->    PDorner@email.msn.com



  
penny The People They Brought Me.  by Penny Callan Partridge

Penny Callan Partridge's new book pairs fourteen of her best poems with stories about people who came into her life as a result of hearing or reading one of he poems.

These stories tell a lot about the adoption community - how sharing our stories actually creates our community.  Order from  www.pennycallanpartridge.com


 
 
truth The Truth Will Set You Free: Overcoming Emotional Blindness.  by Alice Miller

Returning to the themes of her classic, The Drama of the Gifted Child, the famed psychoanalyst  examines the consequences of cruelty to children and offers ways we can heal our early psychic wounds......The book is very appropriate for dealing with adoption related issues.

(Click here to order from Amazon)


 
 
bunny
They Called Me Bunny.  by Mary Anderson Parks

   The journey of a Native American adoptee... very well written.

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drama Transparent: Seeing Through the Legacy of Adoption:   by Gary Coles.

This a landmark book, because, for the first time, it exposes the benefits of the three members of the family of origin - the mother, the father and the adult adopted person - working collaboratively to mend the wounds caused by their separation.
(Click here to order from Amazon)




unkindness of ravens An Unkindness of Ravens.  by Meg Kearney

Meg Kearney's poems weave voices of estrangement and redemption: mothers, daughters, lovers of gin and dead things. In an attempt to create an identity--to imagine a past when all biological and genealogical ties have been severed--Kearney's poems create their own mythology in order to tell an emotional truth.

(Click here to order from Amazon)


 
 
unlearn
Unlearning Adoption: A Guide to Family Preservation and Protection (Paperback)
by
Jessica DelBalzo 

This book digs into the heart of adoption and explains how and why things need to change. If you are touched by adoption in any way, you need to read this book

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wakeup Wake Up Little Susie: Single Pregnancy & Race Before Roe V. Wade by Rickie Solinger.

(Feminist and Historian) (A look at how pregnant women were discriminated against in the U.S. beginning in the early 1940's. (A Must Read Book!)

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What We May Be:  Psychological and Spiritual Growth Through Psychosynthesis
by Piero Ferrucci. 

An illuminating and practical guide for enhancing one's ability to Inner Child work
The text book for Adoption Crossroads Healing Weekends

(Click here to order from Amazon)



 
Whose Child Whose Child? by Kasey Hamner     $14.95

The amazingly brave story of an adoptees struggle from separation thru reunion and recovery.

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