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The Confessions of Edward Dahlberg. Edward Dahlberg. 1971. 312p. George Braziller.
From the Back Cover: At nineteen I was a stranger to myself. At forty I asked: Who am I? At fifty I concluded I would never know. So begins The Confessions of Edward Dahlberg, the brilliant literary autobiography of the writer who has been described as “‘a classic,” “the literary phoenix of his generation.”

The Confessions begin where the author’s autobiographical novel, Because I Was Flesh, leaves off, with the youth leaving his native Kansas City and bumming it to Los Angeles, without funds or possessions other than a battered suitcase full of books and dreams. What follows is an extraordinary self-portrait of the artist as a young man, related in a fantastically brilliant way, now tragic, now wildly comic. The second part takes us to Paris, Dahlberg’s beginnings as a novelist, and his encounters with D.H. Lawrence, T.S. Eliot, Ford Madox Ford, and others. The third part tells of Dahlberg’s return to New York during the Depression; his friendship with Theodore Dreiser, Sherwood Anderson, Edmund Wilson, and others; his development as a radical writer and his eventual repudiation of politics.

By the Same Author: Because I Was Flesh: The Autobiography of Edward Dahlberg (1963, New Directions), among others.
Confessions of Son of Sam. David Abrahamsen. 1985. 245p. Columbia University Press.
From the Dust Jacket: In 1976 the country was shocked and fascinated by a bizarre series of murders in New York City. The killer, known as “Son of Sam,” Stalked his victims after dark, choosing as his prey young women, usually sitting with their dates in parked cars. For one long year, the city lay in the grip of fear.

On August 10, 1977 it was finally over. David Berkowitz was arrested, and eventually sentenced to several hundred years behind bars. But the story didn’t end there. In March 1979 Dr. David Abrahamsen, a psychiatrist retained by the Brooklyn district attorney to examine Berkowitz—and the only one to judge him competent to stand trial—received a letter from the killer. He wanted to tell his whole story to, ironically, the man who pronounced him fit for trial.

Confessions of Son of Sam is a probing analysis of the mind of the man responsible for one of the most terrifying and most publicized serial murders of all time. Based on fifty hours of personal interviews with Berkowitz and 400 pages of personal correspondence with him, it is a unique and compelling portrait of a killer who told all to the psychiatrist he came to know and confide in; a man he knew he could not fool. The story is one of a life steeped in emotional pain, of a seemingly unfeeling orphan desperately searching for his real mother, only to endure even more devastating pain upon finding her.

From police interrogations, exhaustive psychological tests, and numerous discussions with Berkowitz’s family, friends, former teachers, and others, Abrahamsen unmasks the killer’s complex personality, weaving both a terrifying psychological profile and a riveting detective story. This gripping case history is perhaps the first time a serial murderer has consented to being psychoanalyzed and having the results made public. The author traces “the evolution of a double nature, where tenderness fought rage, love battled hate, defiance pitted itself against compliance, brutal instinctiveness countered a marked, conscious intelligence; and where reality and fantasy lived side by side in a sometimes barely delineated coexistence.” Investigating what made this man kill, he shows that Berkowitz is not a Jekyll and Hyde, but that his unending disappointments are different only in degree from those experienced by other criminals—or by all of us.

About the Author: David Abrahamsen, M.O. has worked for more than forty years in psychiatry and criminal pathology as a practitioner, professor, and commission member. He has taught in the Department of Psychiatry at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University; Yale Law School; and the New York School of Social Work at Columbia University; and has been a Research Consultant in psychiatry at New York City’s Roosevelt Hospital. The distinguished author of thirteen books, including Crime and the Human Mind, The Psychology of Crime, and Nixon vs. Nixon, Dr. Abrahamsen is a practicing psychoanalyst and a fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, the New York Academy of Medicine, and the American College of Psychoanalysts. He frequently appears in television, newspaper, and magazine interviews.
Connie: The Story of an Adoptee’s Completed Search. Debra Derrick. 1990. 67p. ATAP Corp.
Consider This... Ebony in an Ivory World. Laura Bartolo. 2003. 69p. Lulu.com.
This book contains nine important factors to consider when adopting a child of another race. A chapter on recognizing the symptoms of childhood depression is also included. Consider This...is based upon my experiences as an African-American woman who was adopted by a Caucasian family, and who began life in a small, rural community 31 years ago.
Considering Adoption. Mary Motley Kalergis. 2014. 214p. Atelerix Press.
With heartfelt emotion and dozens of beautiful black and white photographs, Considering Adoption describes what it really feels like to adopt, to be adopted, to relinquish a child or to meet your birth mother. Although the challenges are clearly described, the overwhelming message is the possibility for immense joy and fulfillment in building an intentional family. This book is a must read for anyone involved in the adoption process.
Conversations with Bobby: From Foster Child to Corporate Executive. Bob Danzig. 2007. 160p. CWLA.
Business Leader Bob Danzig never forgot his childhood in foster care. In Conversations with Bobby, he reconnects with the foster child he was so many years ago. What follows is a deeply personal story, which reveals how the challenges Bob faced growing up shaped his career and ultimately, seeded his success. An inspiring reminder for both children and adults. Regardless of past hardships, we each have the potential to reach higher and excel.
Corn-Fed with Rice on the Side: A Light-Hearted View of Daily Life as a Korean Adoptee. Kim Fenneman. 2014. 103p. (Kindle eBook) Fairway Press.
Corn-Fed with Rice on the Side is a collection of stories about growing up as a Korean adoptee. It takes a humorous and light-hearted view on daily life as an adoptee and shines a unique perspective on adoption. Adoptees, whether international or domestic, will find strength and self-assurance in these relatable stories that provide hope, inspiration and joy. For non-adoptees, it will provide great awareness and understanding of how they see, interact and communicate with adoptees in the future. This book is about the common journey we all take growing up, going through different phases of life, but from a Korean adoptee’s perspective. It’s a truthful look at the life of a Korean adoptee.
A Cornish Waif’s Story: An Autobiography. Emma Smith (pseudonym). Foreword by AL Rowse. 1954. 188p. Odhams Press (UK).
Autobiographical account of a young life spent “on the road,” begging for a living in early 20th century England. Born illegitimately and abandoned by her family, she was handed over to an itinerant organ grinder and his wife for what was basically slave labor at the age of five. At twelve, she escaped and found refuge in a Convent-penitentiary, ultimately finding happiness and security in marriage with a home and family of her own.
A Corpsman’s Legacy: He Continues to Heal Others through the Daughter He Never Knew. Stephanie Hansen. 2006. 333p. (Valor in Combat Series) Leatherneck Publishing.
Adopted at birth, Stephanie Hanson begins a search for her biological parents and learns her father, Gary Norman Young, was killed in the Vietnam War before she was born. To unravel the mystery of his death, she hears first-hand from other veterans of her father’s world of courage and bravery as a helicopter crew member in 1969. She learns of the remarkable relationship that exists between Marines and their Navy Corpsmen, and realizes she has now inherited the honor and respect given to her father. After years of perseverance, Stephanie finally obtains the medals and honors her father earned for his sacrifice and service, through the help of veterans, the Marine Corps Commandant and a United States Senator. During her journey, she locates the family members of the men who died with her father and helps other veterans and children connect with each other. Embraced by thousands of veterans, she discovers the greatest gift her father left her is the legacy of healing.
Cotton Butterflies. Mary Diane Goin. 2011. 122p. Lulu.com.
At age 28, author Mary Diane Goin met her birth mother for the first time. What unfolded was a remarkable story of courage and sacrifice that can finally be told. Darlene grew up in a mill village as the abused child of a southern preacher. When a young man breezed through their little town on his way up north, the sixteen-year-old followed on the promise of love and a new life. The dream soon turned into a nightmare when Darlene discovered she had been baited for the mob’s prostitution ring in New York. The teen bravely escaped and made it home, only to face the cruel gossip of town folks, an angry father who refused to let her into the house and ... a surprise pregnancy. Living out of the family’s basement, Darlene took a third-shift job in the grueling cotton mill, keeping her pregnancy a secret until she could figure out what to do. She ran out of time on April 14, 1955.
Cracked, Not Broken: Surviving and Thriving After a Suicide Attempt. Kevin Hines. Foreword by Dr. Daniel J Reidenberg. 2013. 196p. Rowman & Littlefield.
The Golden Gate Bridge is one of the most recognizable structures to define a modern city. Yet, for author Kevin Hines the bridge is not merely a marker of a place or a time. Instead, the bridge marks the beginning of his remarkable story. At 19 years old, Kevin attempted to take his own life by jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge—a distance which took four seconds to fall. Recently diagnosed with bi-polar disorder, Kevin had begun to hear voices telling him he had to die, and days before his attempt, he began to believe them. The fall would break his body, but not his spirit. His story chronicles the extraordinary will of the author to live mentally well in the face of his mental illness: bipolar disorder with psychotic features. With each mental breakdown, however, the author’s desire to live mentally well—and to be a mental health advocate—pulls him from the depths of his condition. Kevin’s story is a remarkable testament to the strength of the human spirit and a reminder to us to love the life we have. His story also reminds us that living mentally well takes time, endurance, hard work, and support. With these disciplines in place, those living with even very difficult diagnoses can achieve better lives for themselves and those who help to support and care for them.
Cricket: Secret Child of a Sixties Supermodel. Susan Fedorko. 2012. 170p. Outskirts Press.
From the Back Cover: Susan Fedorko had always known she was put up for adoption before she was even a year old. And she had always known she was Native American. But when she turned eighteen, she felt the need to know more about herself. She received some information about her birth parents through the adoption agency, but there was so little to go on. She gave up her search many times. For the next twenty years Susie was busy with marriage and motherhood. Finally, in 2002 and at the age of forty, she received the phone call that would change her life. Someone was looking to find her. And what she discovered was astonishing.

Susan’s birth mother was the first Native American supermodel, Cathee Dahmen—an international fashion model with two celebrity marriages under her belt—and her great uncle was the famed Native American artist, George Morrison.

Cricket is the incredible story of one woman’s journey to discover her roots and define her place in a newly complex and extended family—with her adoptive family, her birth family, and her husband and daughters. It’s the story of who she was “before,” who she became “after,” and how it all happened.

About the Author: A lifelong resident of Minneapolis, Minnesota, Susan “Cricket” Fedorko (Grand Portage Band of Chippewa-Ojibwe) has contributed her writing to two anthologies on the subject of being adopted and has done numerous media interviews. This new memoir details her astonishing 22-year search for answers and describes touching reunions with both of her birth-families in two Minnesota tribal nations. Her Chippewa-Ojibwe birth mother, a famous supermodel, died in 1997, a short distance from Susan’s current home.
Cries of the Soul: The True Story of a Korean Adoptee’s Fight to Survive. Khara Niné. Introduction by Joe Soll. 2013. 258p. CreateSpace.
In 1970, shortly after the death of her mother, and without the consent or even the knowledge of her father, a barely one-year-old girl is put up for foreign adoption in South Korea. She ends up in an adoptive family where she spends her childhood suffering neglect and abuse at the hands of her adoptive parents. Cries of the Soul tells a story rather different from the more common, picture-perfect fairy tales of the adoption industry. With her original childhood and natural family stolen from her, Khara Niné describes the harsh reality of coping and trying to fit into a family where she doesn’t belong, of grieving the loss of parents she can not even remember, and the emotional scars which she is still struggling to get to grips with more than forty years later.
Crumbs of You, Pieces of Me. Michael Vergati. 2006. 52p. Lulu.com.
From the Back Cover: An emotional memoir that exposes the buried and often primal emotions of an adoptee, Crumbs of You, Pieces of Me follows a young man and his life-long quest for “sense of self.” Chronicled from his earliest childhood memories, past the moments when he reunites with his natural mother and his subsequent abandonment and disavowment by her to the time he finds his maternal relatives on the cusp of a military tour to Iraq, this story will make the reader question the very fabric of their pre-conceived notions of adoption.

This is a must-read for anyone who is preparing to go through the often arduous roads of an adoption reunion.
Cry Out!: Inside the Terrifying World of an Abused Child. PE Quinn. 1984. 205p. Abingdon Press.
From the Back Cover: Inside the Terrifying World of an Abused Child

Cry Out! is a shocking, searing account of child abuse told from the child’s point of view. It is a nightmare of torment, terror, and desperation. It is also a story of hope. And it is true in its entirety. Written in a graphic and unsparing style, this haunting book may stun your sensibilities, but you will not be able to put it down.

About the Author: P.E. Quinn has been a featured speaker at the National Conference on Child Victimization. He is a child advocate, write, and speaker with ICARE, a Hermitage, Tennessee-based organization dedicated to the elimination of child abuse. His other books on child abuse include Spare the Rod and Renegade Saint, both published by Abingdon Press.
Cuckoo in the Powys Nest: A Memoir. Theodora Gay Scutt. 2000. 292p. Brynmill Press (UK).
Memoir by the adopted daughter of T.F. Powys (1875-1953), the British novelist and short-story writer. Mrs. Scutt was brought up by Powys and his wife Susan, and the book gives an intimate portrait of the Dorset genius and mystic from the early 1930s until his death in 1953.

Mrs. Scutt is a writer with trenchant style and refreshing candour. As her publishers state: “Mrs. Scutt writes in an entirely unselfconscious way, with vivacity, perceptiveness, and firmness of judgement, not least in respect of herself. Here is a galaxy of personalities, many of them celebrities in their day, others obscure but as strongly individualized.”

Theodore Powys is best remembered for his religious allegory Mr Weston’s Good Wine (1927). God and the archangel Michael visit the village of Folly Down to bring the villagers wine, love and death.
A Culture of Dishonour. Jean Hill. 2010. 68p. Under His Wing Publishing (Canada).
From the 1960s through the 1980s, aboriginal children were taken from their parents and placed into non-aboriginal adoptive homes throughout Canada. A Culture of Dishonour is about how one woman is coping after being involved in the “ ’60s Scoop.”
Damaged Goods. Monica Edwards. 2013. 71p. (Kindle eBook) M Edwards.
An autobiography describing the intense ambient abuse I suffered at the hands of my adoptive parents. At three months of age I was adopted into a family that immediately began to treat me as an outcast. As I grew I was severely emotionally neglected and treated like the black sheep by two parents with Narcissistic Personality Disorder. I was set up to be a failure from the beginning. Years of neglect and emotional trauma shaped me into the woman I am today and this first book will chronicle the time line from my birth up until I enter high school. As high school was a major turning point in my life and a book in of itself I am putting this out first. I hope you enjoy, and though it sounds like it may be too strange to be fiction I assure you all of it is true. Names have been changed to protect identities and no identifying information can be found within the pages. However, I still despise the two people who raised me and I was wrongly told to call parents. I am done being a victim and this is my story.
Damaged Goods: A True Story of Adoption, Music, People and Choices. Julian Wolfendale. 2011. 244p. CreateSpace.
If you have enjoyed the works of David Pelzer or Sarah Burleton, you are bound to love Damaged Goods! Or if you like to live dangerously from the comfort of your home and through the words of another, then this is the book for you! Take Loads of Sex, Drugs, Rock ’n’ Roll—That’s the start point not an order! Add an insider’s view of the original U.K. Punk scene, Glastonbury in the days before police and fences and the parties that spawned the British Rave phenomenon. Interlace with the true story of a little boy, unwanted by his famous father, who didn’t feel he belonged in the family that adopted him either and you get Damaged Goods. With music and topical references from the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s, this real life story will fill you with a sense of nostalgia, send you running for your record collection and take you on a journey that will make you laugh, cry and be glad that it wasn’t yours. This is a reminder of the fact that that elusive thing we call happiness is within our own reach and that, in the end, we are all responsible for our own destinies.
Damages. Bazhe. 2004. 320p. iUniverse.com.
From the Publisher: The story begins with the death of his abusive father, a Communist official. His mother is diagnosed with cancer, and Bazhe immediately returns to Macedonia to take care of her.

Meanwhile, his more than thirty-year search for his biological mother ends, and Bazhe tells her his life story, starting with his lonely childhood and adolescence. After finding his new mother to be very understanding, Bazhe reveals to her his first gay experience in the army, his desire for self-realization that caused scandals in the College of National Security, his escape to Turkey where he transformed into a stunning transvestite after meeting a handsome wealthy man, and his return to Yugoslavia where he wandered in the underground world of a country that was falling apart.

As Yugoslav nationalism and Islamic fundamentalism rose, Bazhe almost lost his life before he succeeded in immigrating to America. Although he finds his biological mother, Bazhe ultimately discovers that it is his adoptive mother’s devotion that is irreplaceable.

About the Author: Bazhe is a writer, poet, and artist. He has published poems and short stories in Former Yugoslavia and America. His art has been exhibited in New York City. He now lives in New Jersey.
The Dark Son. Denise Lang. 1995. 408p. Avon Books.
From the Back Cover: EVERY FAMILY HAS ITS SECRETS...

SOME OF THEM ARE DEADLY.

Richard and Dawn Heikkila were devoted to the abandoned boy they had taken in and raised as their own. But a darkness was consuming young Matthew’s soul—a hidden, homicidal rage that compelled him one afternoon to load shells marked “Mom” and “Dad” into a shotgun ... before savagely slaughtering his adoptive parents in their New Jersey home.

But was Matthew what his lawyers claimed at his murder trial: the helpless, innocent victim of “Adopted Child Syndrome”—a bizarre emotional disorder allegedly shared by serial killers Joel Rifkin and David “Son of Sam” Berkowitz? Or was he a cunning psychopath desperate to win back his freedom at any price ... and to seize the opportunity to kill again?
The Darkness Cannot Keep Us: Choosing a Better Tomorrow. Kathleen Ellis. 2012. 146p. Balboa Press.
From the Publisher: YOU ARE SEARCHING FOR ANSWERS ... and a better life or you would not have chosen to pick up to this book. Your Soul has always known those answers, and is speaking to you today. The struggles and questions that keep you in the dark have amazing solutions you may not have expected, or previously considered. The greatest part of you is based on something you have not previously accessed, called unconscious cellular memory, where the key to your choices, health, and life itself are contained. Core beliefs, fears, misperceptions as well as positive and negative self-perceptions reside there. The author’s experience shares insights that took her from the depths of despair to fulfillment and love in every area of her life. Her personal discovery anticipates that you find your own personal potential just as she has. Come along for the ride, and discover answers to some of life’s most difficult questions: What holds you in that place of struggle every day to make life work? What holds you back from reaching your dreams and goals? How can you access the answers that will help you create a better tomorrow?
Darkness on a Sunny Day: The Struggle of an Adopted Child to Find Herself. Heidi Cox. 2009. 96p. PublishAmerica.
Who would have thought that each day you would be thankful for the pain you had suffered throughout your childhood? Each day I do. I think about how I wouldn’t have as much insight and understanding to life’s daily living. I am thankful for what anguish and suffering have allowed me to learn about me, who I am as a person and people around me. This book has taught me things step by step while writing it and looking back at the past, about my identity and what I want in life. I hope that others may learn from my own experiences before they make a mistake. Imagine a one-year-old already understanding the meaning of anger and hatred. That was me. After being juggled around for the first six months of my life and then landing in a foster home where I felt safe, I already had abandonment issues. Then, by six, imagine remembering being taken away from a family that you thought would be forever. When my adoptive family came along, I was already attached to another family. Even though a dream had come true, I never really came to terms with my new family because I thought I already had one. Years later, I figured it out. Their intentions were only good, loving, and caring to a child who didn’t have any love left to spare.
Daughter of the Ganges: A Memoir. Asha Miró. Translated from Catalan by Jamal Mahjoub. 2006. 320p. (Originally published in 2003 in Spain as La hija del Ganges: La historia de una adopción by Lumen) Atria Books.
From the Dust Jacket: While growing up in an Indian orphanage, Asha Miró dreamed of someday being adopted. Her wish finally came true, but only at the misfortune of another. When Asha was six, a Catalan family was in the process of adopting twins but one of the children suddenly fell ill and died. This twist of fate led the family to adopt Asha instead. Leaving a life of poverty behind, Asha was given a second chance.

Twenty-one years later, Asha takes a heart-wrenching trip back to India to uncover her native roots. Full of unexpected encounters, this adventure informs and touches Asha beyond her expectations. She visits her old orphanage, speaks with her former caretakers, explores the land that she might not have ever left, and comes to form a more solid identity. Yet one trip is not enough. Eight years later she returns. This time she journeys to the small rural village where she was born. As well as uncovering the details behind her adoption, she finds the only living member of her immediate Indian family: a sister she never knew she had.

About the Author: Asha Miró has been living in Barcelona since 1974. Formerly a music teacher, she now collaborates on several cultural television programs and actively supports adoption organizations throughout Spain. Already a bestseller in Europe, Daughter of the Ganges has also inspired a documentary and a major European cartoon series with seven-year-old Asha as its protagonist.

By the Same Author: The Other Face of the Moon: Finding My Indian Family (2006, Summersdale Publishers) and Traces of Sandalwood (2014, Pontas Literary & Film Agency).
Dave’s Way: A New Approach to Old-Fashioned Success. R David Thomas. 1991. 256p. GP Putnam’s Sons.
From the Dust Jacket: “In 1940, at the age of eight, I dreamed that one day I would own the best restaurant in the world. All of the customers would love my food, and all of my employees would do everything they were supposed to do. But most important, everyone would think I was a good boss, and every day when I walked into the restaurant, people would be glad to see me. Today, people seem glad to see me in about four thousand Wendy’s restaurants. I never expected it to turn out that way.”

So begins the thoroughly engaging story of the man who, using old-fashioned American values, built a spectacular $3 billion business from scratch. One of the shrewdest marketers around, Dave Thomas took a childhood dream and turned it into a financial empire. In Dave’s Way, a real-life Horatio Alger success story, Thomas shares his experience and know-how in plain, commonsense language and lively anecdotes.

An adopted child who never met his birth parents, Thomas believes that strong family values are integral to economic strength and business competitiveness. His personal life story is a testament to that belief.

About the Author: R. David Thomas was asked by President Bush to serve as a national spokesman for the “Adoption Works ... for Everyone” adoption awareness campaign. When not at corporate headquarters in Dublin, Ohio, or visiting one of the nearly four thousand Wendy’s restaurants worldwide, Thomas spends his time at his Florida residence.

The author’s share of all profits derived from the sale of Dave’s Way will be donated to the cause of adoption.

Dead or in Prison: My Journey through Foster Care. George Duvall, with Derek D Humfleet. 2014. 130p. East Side Projects.
From the Publisher:


CRIME ... POVERTY ... RACISM
George rose above it all. His journey through Foster Care was at times difficult, at times
touching, and at times very funny. His story will inspire anyone working with young
people. Especially those in Foster and Adoptive care, from Foster Parents to Youth,
Social Workers and Foster Care Agencies. While his story begin with crime, poverty
and racism, it ends with love, belonging and hope.
LOVE ... BELONGING ... HOPE
Dear Wonderful You: Letters to Adopted and Fostered Youth. Diane René Christian & Mei-Mei Akwai Ellerman, PhD, eds. 2014. 176p. (The AN-YA Project) CreateSpace.
Dear Wonderful You: Letters to Adopted and Fostered Youth is a powerful book filled with thoughtful and inspiring letters. This anthology was written by a global community of adult adoptees and adults who were fostered. Each letter was penned to the upcoming generation of adopted and fostered youth. The mission of Dear Wonderful You> is for all adopted or fostered youth to feel embraced and guided by the incredible letters contained inside. The writers’ want every young reader to know they have a network of support who “get it,” “get them,” and have been in their shoes.

Contributors: JoAnne Bennett; Thomas Park Clement; Brenda M. Cotter; Charlotte Cotter; Laura Dennis; Peter Dodds; Mei-Mei Akwai Ellerman, PhD; Ming Foxweldon; Suzanne Gilbert; Rosita Gonzalez; Lynn Grubb; Lee Herrick; Soojung Jo; Jeff Leinaweaver, PhD; J.S. London; Dan Matthews; Dr. Joyce Maguire Pavao; Kaye S. Pearse; Karen Pickell; Jasmine Renee; Matthew Salesses; Liz Semons; Lucy Chau Lai-Tuen; May Silverstein; Joe Soll, LCSW; Julie Stromberg; Amanda H.L. Transue-Woolston; Angela Tucker.
Deception, Betrayal and Abandonment: Searching for My Birth Mother. Ava Radcliffe. 2014. 88p. CreateSpace.
In every life there comes a moment in time that will change and define who you are forever. That moment for Ava was finding out she was adopted. What does it feel like to know your mother gave you away? This is a true story about Ava finding her birth mother and the turmoil that unfolded in her search. She wanted to know why she had been given away. What transpired after finding her birth mother was a story of deception and betrayal that has left lasting emotional scars. Ava shares her story in hopes that it will bring awareness to this delicate subject and that it will help other adopted people if they consider searching for their birth parents.
The Declassified Adoptee: Essays of an Adoption Activist. Amanda HL Transue-Woolston. Foreword by Jaeran Kim. 2013. 108p. CQT Media & Publishing.
Amanda H.L. Transue-Woolston is an adult adoptee, social worker, author, and speaker. She debuted in the adoption activism community as a blogger whose writing processed both her personal and political experience of being adopted. Throughout this book, readers bear witness to key moments in the unfolding of an adoptee from a quiet contemplator to an outspoken advocate for the rights of adoptees and their loved ones. The Declassified Adoptee offers a wide collection of writings that were highlighted as significant by readers. These essays have been read on the floors of adoption hearings, mailed by adoptees to family members to expand their understanding of being adopted, and sent to adoption agencies to encourage greater availability of post-adoption support. By addressing adoption through brief essays, the book provides an avenue through which readers can begin to metabolize some of the tougher concepts in adoption.
The Definition of Strength. Kisha Paige. 2013. 50p. CreateSpace.
No one knows the struggles an adopted child faces unless they too have been adopted. This is a story of hope, about a child who was “given” up, not knowing why. It details the trials she went through at the hands of the people her mother gave her to. As she got older the need to fill that void, that was her biological families, grew stronger and so lead the pursuit of finding her biological families. Ultimately this story should inspire you, to push beyond the breaking point. It should give everyone hope that there is a light at the end of your tunnel.
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