ADOPTION SUPPORT GROUP of SANTA FE

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 Woman's Love for the Child She Gave Up for Adoption,
by Carol Schaefer.  The story of one birthmother and her search to find her son. Made into a TV movie.

Finding Me In A Paper Bag : Searching for Identity after being abandoned on a door Step, 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.