"When I look in the mirror, I don't know who I am."
—Kerri
Being a teenager in today's complex world is a difficult enough task, but adopted teens have a unique struggle: to discover their identity and a sense of belonging and place in the world, which often means coming to terms with their past. The Face in the Mirror, based on numerous interviews with adopted teens, adoptive parents, and birth parents, brings attention to the growing and often controversial phenomenon of teenagers wanting to know where they came from.
The book, written for both teenagers and adults, is a frank discussion of the issues surrounding adoption, and in particular what adoptees, adoptive parents, and birth parents should know when adopted teens want to discover their past. The book also addresses the impact of cross-cultural or cross-racial adoption, as well as the legal parameters of adoption in the US and Canada, including the complex emotions involved.
As written by Marion Crook, an adoptive parent herself and the author of previous books about teens, The Face in the Mirror articulates the complexity of adoption issues with candor and compassion.
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Crook here explores the issues affecting teenage adoptees, attempting to tackle their "struggling to develop a sense of self." Though she conducted 40 interviews throughout British Columbia, her expertise on the subject comes mainly from observations of her two adopted children. The synopsis of the history of adoption is interesting, the interviews charming, and the writing style pleasant enough for lay readers, but when one attempts to analyze content and Crook's research techniques, the shortcomings become evident. The author herself seems to question her methodology. Not recommended.DMee-Len Hom, Hunter Coll., New York
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
About the Author
Marion Crook began her career as a public health nurse in Cariboo country of British Columbia. She is the author of numerous books for adults and teens, including two published by Arsenal Pulp Press: The Face in the Mirror: Teens and Adoption and Out of the Darkness: Teens Talk About Suicide.
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MY THANKS GO FIRST TO THE OVER FIFTY young people who gave me their time and their information. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
adopted teens, searching agencies, reunion registry, birth parents, birth mother, adoptive parents, adopting parents, adoption order, aboriginal children, teens need Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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MY THANKS GO FIRST TO THE OVER FIFTY young people who gave me their time and their information. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
adopted teens, searching agencies, reunion registry, birth parents, birth mother, adoptive parents, adopting parents, adoption order, aboriginal children, teens need Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Children's Aid, First Nations, Native American, North American, Williams Lake, Adoption Act, Aunt Louise, British Columbia, Parent Finders, Native Indian, Northwest Territories, Big Scoop, Department of Social Services New!
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- Suicide: Teens Talk to Teens by Marion Crook in Back Matter
- The Primal Wound: Understanding the Adopted Child by Nancy Newton Verrier in Back Matter
- Collected Papers (Notable American Authors) by Charles Sanders Pierce in Back Matter
- Your Life (Your Life S.) by John Foster in Back Matter
- Clinical and Practice Issues in Adoption--Revised and Updated: Bridging the Gap Between Adoptees Placed as Infants and as Older Children by Victor K. Groza in Back Matter
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- Children of Intercountry Adoptions in School: A Primer for Parents and Professionals by Ruth Lyn Meese on page 91, and Back Matter
- Adoption Literature for Children and Young Adults: An Annotated Bibliography (Bibliographies and Indexes in Sociology) by Susan G. Miles on page 84, and page 128
- My Search for Catherine Anne: One Man's Story of an Adoption Reunion by Barrie Clark in Back Matter
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