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Searching for a Piece of My Soul: How to Find a Missing Family Member or Loved One [Paperback]

Tammy L. Kling (Author), Tammy L. King (Author)
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November 1997
Deciding to look for a long-lost family member or loved one is a difficult decision. In fact, due to fear, uncertainty, or simply a lack of information, the majority of people looking for someone wait years before beginning a search.

Searching for a Piece of My Soul is the first book to guide the reader through both the physical and the emotional process of finding a long-lost relative or loved one. Included is the author's own experience of searching for her father, as well as the experience of dozens of others who have also searched for family members. Advice from psychologists who specialize in counseling those on both sides of the comprehensive search is included, plus a reference section.


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This reasonably priced book provides useful information for adult adoptees interested in finding their birth parents and/or other missing relatives. The author discusses managing expectations and overcoming obstacles related to initiating such a search, and developing an action plan. Other insightful information includes several pages of Internet resources, sample letters, and classified ads for contacting birth relatives, changes in adoption information legislation, addresses of various adoption and search agencies, addresses of nationwide Family History Centers, state motor vehicle registration offices, and other related information. Sixteen pages are devoted to the text of the Rev. Thomas F. Brosnan's address to the 1996 National Maternity and Adoption Conference. The book's narrative style, lack of index, and undocumented references limit its usefulness for ready-reference purposes, but the author's personal experience finding missing family members is inspiring. As with Richard S. Johnson's Find Anyone Fast (LJ 11/1/97), this is better suited for circulating collections.?Elizabeth Connor, MUSC Lib., Charleston, S.C.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Contemporary Books (November 1997)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0809230631
  • ISBN-13: 978-0809230631
  • Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.5 x 0.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,401,711 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book for anyone in search!, January 3, 1998
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This review is from: Searching for a Piece of My Soul: How to Find a Missing Family Member or Loved One (Paperback)
This book can help anyone who is searching, find their family, but can also help long after a reunion or any search has taken place, to address the on-going emotional issues.
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