Searching for Molly Parker [Paperback]

Richard Frayne (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 268 pages
• Publisher: Egerton House Publishing (January 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1905016050
• ISBN-13: 978-1905016051
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,875,597 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Searching For Molly Parker is a Must Read!, May 23, 2005

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Brynn Fraser (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Searching for Molly Parker (Paperback)

'Searching For Molly Parker' is an entertaining and insightful look into the life and mind of an adoptee. The author, Richard Frayne, educates and entertains the reader while maintaining a wonderful balance of drama, comedy and romance. I highly recommend this book for anyone who has been affected either directly or indirectly by adoption, abuse, or abandonment.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Ouch! If you have loving parents, be grateful . . . ., June 11, 2005

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Andrew Brown (Cheltenham, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Searching for Molly Parker (Paperback)

If you are an adoptee looking for an easy answer to your problems, be warned: Richard Frayne's book offers hope and insights - but no instant or easy solutions. His journey has been a life-long one and, although he appears to have emerged more or less in one piece, it has not been an easy ride - either for him or for those around him.

The message is that you will have to dig deep, and keep on digging, to uncover and come to terms with the trauma of being given away at birth. And that you will need professional help with this. Frayne shows how his encounters with Jungian analysis, meditation, Transactional Analysis and finally, hypnotherapy have each played their part in the jigsaw-like healing process.

There are some very funny, touching and haunting parts in this book, but the overriding impression from this book is one of the need for ruthless honesty - he has even bravely allowed his wife to write a searing account of her life with an adoptee.

This is an interesting and useful book, not just for adoptees, but for anyone who has experienced parental rejection at an early age.