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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Perhaps there are better, but this book fills its role well
The excessively negative review needs a counterpoint. This book does what it sets out to do, which is not to represent the point of view of anybody but the adopted person. Other books may have more equal time and should be read, too, but this one has valuable information and stories and helps one prepare.
Published on March 22, 2009 by Jessica Weissman
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9 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Skip this book, there are better
I have read many books about adoption and reunion. This books is written from the adopted person's perspective, which is great, but it sacrifices true sensitivity to others in the triad - the birth mother, birth father and adoptive parents. The first person accounts are often awkward and forced and are not smoothly integrated. Also, the book was written in Great...
Published on March 16, 2008 by Changing River
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Perhaps there are better, but this book fills its role well,
By Jessica Weissman "poet and computer programmer" (Silver Spring, MD USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)
This review is from: The Adoption Reunion Handbook (Paperback)
The excessively negative review needs a counterpoint. This book does what it sets out to do, which is not to represent the point of view of anybody but the adopted person.
Other books may have more equal time and should be read, too, but this one has valuable information and stories and helps one prepare.
5.0 out of 5 stars
My go-to reference!,
By Katie DeCosse (Minneapolis, MN United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Adoption Reunion Handbook (Paperback)
I found this to be the most useful book for me as I travel through reunion. It has answered so many questions for me as the adoptee, as to what to expect and understand about all the different people who might be touched when a reunion takes place. I have read many books about reunion and still find this to be the one that answers my questions the best.
9 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Skip this book, there are better,
This review is from: The Adoption Reunion Handbook (Paperback)
I have read many books about adoption and reunion. This books is written from the adopted person's perspective, which is great, but it sacrifices true sensitivity to others in the triad - the birth mother, birth father and adoptive parents. The first person accounts are often awkward and forced and are not smoothly integrated. Also, the book was written in Great Britain, so the frequent uses of 'keen' and 'brilliant' and other language specific to Great Britain are a little jarring. I have asked our library to remove it from the shelves, as a few comments in the book show a deep lack of sensitivity to the birth parents and I would hate to have a searching adopted person pick up on these thoughtless assumptions.
There are much better reunion books, such as 'Searching for a Past: The Adopted Adult's Unique Process of Finding Identity' by Jayne Schooler, or 'Adoption Reunion Survival Guide: Preparing Yourself for the Search, Reunion and Beyond' by Julie Farrell Bailey and Lynn N. Giddens. Also, the excellent '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 will give anyone looking into the issues of adoption a sensitive perspective from the birth mother's point of view. [...] |
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The Adoption Reunion Handbook by Liz Trinder (Paperback - March 14, 2005)
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