Someone's Daughter [Paperback]

Aurette Bowes (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 28, 2009

Someone's Daughter is the author's own true account of how, as an adult, she learned that she is not her parents' biological child, but was adopted by them as a baby in a closed adoption. The book tells of the profound and permanent impact this discovery had on her life and that of her family. It documents the search for her birth mother, their reunion and the development of their relationship thereafter. Someone's Daughter relates how the author found emotional healing and learned to embrace her dual identity. Concurrently with telling her story, the author deals with the ongoing, complex dynamics that surround adoption. Adoption is viewed by most as a happy, joyous event in which a childless couple takes an unwanted baby into their home, selflessly raises it as their own and everybody lives "happily ever after." Sadly, this perception is far removed from the truth. The very act of adoption necessitates rejection, loss and considerable emotional pain. Few people, including many adoptees, birth mothers and adoptive parents fail to realise that without rejection or loss there can be no adoption. Someone's Daughter is primarily aimed at adoptees who are struggling to find healing from the never-ending barrage of emotional issues they encounter throughout their lives as a direct result of their adoption. The book provides them with the information they need to conduct their own legal search for their birth parents. Birth mothers, adoptive parents, immediate families and depression sufferers will also benefit from reading Someone's Daughter. It is not a self-help book, but a deeply personal account of the author's own experience and how se came to find true healing. Whether readers decide to follow the same path is up to them.

Product Details

• Paperback: 118 pages
• Publisher: Raider Publishing International (September 28, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1935383884
• ISBN-13: 978-1935383888
• Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 8.5 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,933,667 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

The story of the discovery of my secret, closed adoption at the age of 37 is intensely personal and brutally honest. But it's also a journey of healing, forgiveness and reconciliation.