Thank You Son for Finding Me: A Birthmother's Story (Paperback)

by Beth J. Kane (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 200 pages
• Publisher: Aslan Publishing (October 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 094403182X
• ISBN-13: 978-0944031827
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,072,495 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars son finds birthmother for joyful reunion, December 21, 1999

By	Henry Berry "Henry Berry" (Southport, CT) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

Thank You,Son, For Finding Me - A Birthmother1s Story by BethKane. Aslan Publishing. 1999. 184 pp.

Kane begins her story withher receipt in 1993 of a special-delivery letter from her son from a teenage pregnancy in 1947 whom she had put up for adoption and had not seen since then. At the time, Catholic nuns had told her, 3Forget it and get on with your life.2--and she had tried to follow their advice even though she could never completely keep thoughts of him out of her mind, especially when so many young men his age were being sent to war in Vietnam. Kane told her husband-to-be Charles about this episode in her past before they married. They had two daughters, one of whom died of cancer. This sadness in her life which intensified the author1s thoughts about the fate of her adopted son, although she never developed any intention of trying to find him.

Her subsequent meeting changed her mind on the matter. She realized that it was inestimably beneficial emotionally, psychologically, and spiritually for both herself and her son to meet, and to develop a relationship they never had. And she realized that for the longest time she had been suppressing desires to have her son in her life. Kane found too that reunion with her son brought back memories of her younger years which she had to face. It was a time of anxiety, growth, and unprecedented happiness for Kane--a story she relates in an honest, plain, and deeply touching way.

Henry Berry

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Gained better perspective, April 11, 2000

By A Customer

This was an excellent book that I couldn't put down from the beginning. Beth Kane did a great job telling her true feelings. I read it in two days and am now mailing it off to my birthmother. It helped me gain a better perspective what my birthmother might be feeling as we get to know each other. Thank you Beth Kane for writing this book.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars every adoptee should read, April 15, 2000

By	"magic143" (Oxford, MS United States) - See all my reviews

Beth Kane's book is a vivid account of the emotions encountered when a birth mother reunites with her child. The best part of the book, however, is the part where she tells about the days before giving birth to her son. Anyone touched by adoption should buy and read this book.