Books About Adoption
Here are some books about adoption that our members
have found helpful.
If you follow the links here, you can order the books from Amazon.com.
Suggestions for additions are invited.
Adoption Wisdom: A Guide to the Issues and Feelings
of Adoption,
by Marlou Russell,
Ph.D. A book for anyone who wants to know
more about the realities of adoption.
The Other Mother: A Womans Love for the Child
She Gave Up for Adoption,
by Carol Schaefer. The story of one birth mother and her search
to find her son. Made into a TV movie.
Finding Me in a Paper Bag: Searching For Both Sides
Now, by Sally Howard.
Lost and Found: The Adoption Experience,
by Betty Jean Lifton.
Journey of the Adopted Self: A Quest for Wholeness,
by Betty Jean Lifton.
The Primal Wound: Understanding the Adopted Child by
Nancy Verrier.