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Adoption (Contemporary World Issues)

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An adoptive mother I know rather well (PJ Whiskeyman) was stunned to stumble across this book on the Internet recently and discover herself referenced by name (albeit, with wrongly added punctuation in her first name).

She was stunned -- and infuriated -- because the author never asked permission to mentioned her by name in the work. This flagrant lack of literary ethics shames the author.

While any victimized mother -- adoptive or otherwise -- surely has the right to convey her own story in her own words (as Whiskeyman has), that same right is not automatically extended to a third party, especially not to one who could not be troubled to obtain verification of the facts by contacting said mother.

In failing to do so, Moe further victimizes the victim, and like the scam adoption agency Yunona did, ends up making money (via sales of this volume) by wronging others.

I do not know Barbara Moe. Neither does PJ. We both agree, however, that Moe should apologize to PJ and her husband for mentioning them by name without having obtained the requisite permissions and/or waivers.

Shame on the editor and publisher of this volume, as well, for not seeing to proper pre-authorizations prior to publication.

Furthermore, any reference made without authorization should be removed from any future editions of this book.