This book describes one woman's story as she moved through her life after relinquishing her first born child to strangers. Not only was she continuously affected by her loss---her entire family dealt with the effects of this outcome, thrust upon her as the only possible solution, despite the fact that she wanted to raise her child herself. Shadow Train also describes the courageous journey to reunion undertaken by the author, her daughter, the author's family, her daughter's adoptive family and the birthfather's family. The book outlines the emotional experience of rebuilding a relationship after a nineteen year forced separation and the depth of pain which must be overcome by the author and her daughter in building their relationship.
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"A deeply felt story that confirms just how enduring is the pain of coerced separation and also affirns a heartwarming vision of 'family'." -- Rickie Solinger PhD, author, WakeUp Little Susie: Single Pregnancy and Race in the Era Before Roe v. Wade
"A very personal heartwarming story which is beautifully told. It takes you on a journey that truly touches the heart as Taylor recounts loss and love. Shadow Train describes three families with the love of one child in common and how those families learn to build caring loving relationships. It is a story of our time. You will want to tell your friends to read it." -- Reuben Pannor, MSW, LCSW, Co-author, The Adoption Triangle
"An important contribution that speaks in a special voice. Its importance is primarily in its being written by a family therapist who understands systems theory. Taylor gives us her own story and shows how the events reverberated in the lives of all involved. That's what makes Shadow Train so interesting and different from other birthmother books." -- Annette Baran, MSW, LCSW, Co-author, The Adoption Triangle
"A very personal heartwarming story which is beautifully told. It takes you on a journey that truly touches the heart as Taylor recounts loss and love. Shadow Train describes three families with the love of one child in common and how those families learn to build caring loving relationships. It is a story of our time. You will want to tell your friends to read it." -- Reuben Pannor, MSW, LCSW, Co-author, The Adoption Triangle
"An important contribution that speaks in a special voice. Its importance is primarily in its being written by a family therapist who understands systems theory. Taylor gives us her own story and shows how the events reverberated in the lives of all involved. That's what makes Shadow Train so interesting and different from other birthmother books." -- Annette Baran, MSW, LCSW, Co-author, The Adoption Triangle
From the Author
Writing this book about losing my first born daughter to adoption and spending nineteen years wondering and grieving was a very healing experience for me and my entire family. I remain committed to the reform of adoption laws to allow open adoption, open records and ongoing contact between adoptees and their birthfamily to prevent the dilemmas created by closed records and the closed adoption system.
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This review is from: Shadow Train: A Journey Between Relinquishment and Reunion (Paperback)
Shadow Train takes the reader through the heartbreak and struggle of a birthmother who was forced to relinquish a child she very much wanted. Patricia E. Taylor shares her heartfelt, insightful, thoughtful, painful journey as she searches for and is finally reunited with her adult daughter.
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