WELCOME TO THE BOOK ROOM Learn more about the various aspects and issues relating to adoption by reading the books listed below. Click on a title and it will take you to amazon.com where you can learn more about the book and/or place an order for purchase. Some titles may be out of print, for those we suggest searching on ebay or for used books on the amazon.com site. ADOPTION ISSUES: Adoption Forum: Intimate Discussions to Unite the Triad in Healing by Kasey Hamner Adoption, Identity, and Kinship: The Debate over Sealed Birth Records by Katarina Wegar The Adoption Mystique by Joanne Wolf Small Adoption Nation: How the Adoption Revolution Is Transforming America by Adam Pertman Adoption: Philosophy and Experience by Randolph W. Severson Adoption Politics: Bastard Nation and Ballot Initiative 58 by E. Wayne Carp Adoption Wisdom: A Guide to the Issues and Feelings of Adoption by Marlou Russell, Ph.D. The Adoption Triangle: Sealed or Opened Records: How They Affect Adoptees, Birth Parents, and Adoptive Parents by Arthur D. Sorosky (Introduction), Annette Baran, Reuben Pannor (Introduction) The Family of Adoption by Joyce Maguire Pavao Growing In The Dark: Adoption Secrecy And Its Consequences by Janine Baer www.xlibris.com/growinginthedark.html The Politics of Adoption by Mary Kathleen Benet The Primal Wound: Understanding the Adopted Child by Nancy Newton Verrier Shedding Light On... The Dark Side of Adoption by Marsha Riben and Mirah Riben To Prison With Love: The True Story of an Indecent Indictment and America's Adoption Travesty by Sandy Musser ADOPTEES/BEING ADOPTED: Adoption Healing ...a path to recovery by Joe Soll www.AdoptionHealing.com Being Adopted: The Lifelong Search for Self by David M. Brodzinsky, Marshall D. Schechter, Robin Marantz Henig Ithaka: A Daughter's Memoir of Being Found by Sarah Saffian Journey of the Adopted Self: A Quest for Wholeness by Betty Jean Lifton Lost and Found: The Adoption Experience by Betty Jean Lifton The Search for Anna Fisher by Florence Fisher Somebody's Someone: A Memoir by Regina Louise www.reginalouise.com Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew by Sherrie Eldridge Twice Born: Memoirs of an Adopted Daughter by Betty Jean Lifton Whose Child?: An Adoptee's Healing Journey from Relinquishment through Reunion ... and Beyond by Kasey Hamner BIRTHPARENTS: Adoption Healing... A Path to Recovery for Mothers Who Lost Children to Adoption by Joe Soll and Karen Wilson Buterbaugh www.AdoptionHealing.com The Girls Who Went Away: The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades Before Roe v. Wade by Ann Fessler The Other Mother: A Woman's Love for the Child She Gave Up for Adoption by Carol Schaefer The Same Smile: The Triumph of a Mother's Love After Losing Two Daughters by Susan Mello Souza, Joanne Medeiros Harrington www.thesamesmile.com The Search of a Lifetime by Kathryn M. Denton, Teresa M. Cummings Thank You Son for Finding Me: A Birthmother's Story by Beth J. Kane Torn from the Heart: The Amazing True Story of a Birthmother's Search for Her Lost Daughter by Louise Jurgens ADOPTIVE PARENTS/PARENTING: Adopting the Older Child by Claudia L. Jewett Child of My Heart: A Celebration of Adoption by Barbara Alpert (Editor) SEARCH: Adoption Searchbook: Techniques for Tracing People by Mary Jo Rillera Birthright: The Guide to Search and Reunion for Adoptees, Birthparents, and Adoptive Parents by Jean A. S. Strauss Search: A Handbook for Adoptees and Birthparents by Jayne Askin REUNION: Adoption Reunions: A Book for Adoptees, Birth Parents and Adoptive Families by Michelle McColm Birthbond: Reunions Between Birthparents and Adoptees--What Happens After-- by Judith S. Gediman, Linda P. Brown (Contributor) CHILDREN'S BOOKS: The Mulberry Bird: An Adoption Story by Anne Braff Brodzinsky, Diana L. Stanley Over The Moon: An Adoption Tale by Karen Katz Tell Me A Real Adoption Story by Betty Jean Lifton, Claire A. Nivola Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born by Jamie Lee Curtis (Author), Laura Cornell (Illustrator) www.adopteerights.org main page