A collection of stories, letters and poems about adoption and representing birth parents, adoptees, adoptive parents, and siblings. The collection includes stories of the early Orphan Trains, closed adoptions, searches, reunions, older adoptions, single parent adoptions, and open adoptions. Expectant parents share their fears and excitement. Seasoned adoptive parents reflect on parenthood. Adoptees searching and birthparents reflect on their experiences. No two contributions are alike. There are questions, discoveries, losses, insights, sorrows, and joys--all products of living life fully.
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"A powerful, wide-ranging anthology. One keeps turning pages until overwhelmed by the emotional impact. One is left with a mosaic-like impression of how profound and varied is the adoption experience." -- Fred Greenman, birth father and attorney, representing birth parents, adoptive parents and adoptees seeking access to records in Tennesee and Oregon
"In Touched by Adoption you enter the adoption experience from multiple vantage points...The heartfelt narratives, letters, and poems create a complex mosaic of adoption, conveying the love, loss, and creation that characterize it." -- Mary Watkins, Ph.D., co-author of Talking With Young Children About Adoption, adoptive mother of three internationally adopted children and Chair, Depth Psychology Ph.D. Program, Pacifica Graduate Institute
"This is the first collection of adoption prose and poetry that speaks with the voices of many cultures and from the viewpoints of all members of the adoption triad." -- Carol Biddle, Executive Director, Kinship Center California
"In Touched by Adoption you enter the adoption experience from multiple vantage points...The heartfelt narratives, letters, and poems create a complex mosaic of adoption, conveying the love, loss, and creation that characterize it." -- Mary Watkins, Ph.D., co-author of Talking With Young Children About Adoption, adoptive mother of three internationally adopted children and Chair, Depth Psychology Ph.D. Program, Pacifica Graduate Institute
"This is the first collection of adoption prose and poetry that speaks with the voices of many cultures and from the viewpoints of all members of the adoption triad." -- Carol Biddle, Executive Director, Kinship Center California
About the Author
Nancy A. Robinson is the mother of three children. One is adopted. She is a member of the American Adoption Congress and active and interested in the changing shape of American families. Her professional experience includes teaching, curriculum development, fund-raising, and corporate and non-profit editing and writing. She lives in Santa Barbara, CA, where she is an editor, writer, and poet.
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Superb Collection of Adoption Stories,
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Ms. Robinson has amassed a large collection of work from 75 respected poets, authors and playwrights, all of whom have one thing in common--an adoption connection. Some, like the father of former basketball star Issac Berg, and myself, adopted children, many internationally. Others, like Paula Friedman of California, were birthparents. Still others were themselves adopted as children. It is a privilege to have my work included in this edition, whose writers hail from many racial and religious backgrounds, yet sing in chorus: We can all learn from one another, and from the adoption experience. Alyssa A. Lappen
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Touched by Adoption is a must read,
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If you are looking for a poignant collection of stories, poems and letters about the adoption experience, look no further. TOUCHED BY ADOPTION is guaranteed to touch your soul. Similar to the CHICKEN SOUP books in tone and texture, TOUCHED BY ADOPTION focuses on every possible angle of adoption. It is one of my favorite books, one I will read over and over. As a published author, I am picky about the books I endorse. This emotion-packed anthology is well worth adding to your library.
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As the author of four poems in this anthology, I can now say that I don't feel alone anymore. Each poem, each story I read, I am compelled to read a second time. Every time I pick up this book, it feels like I'm picking up a part of my life. I recommend this book to anyone ready to delve into the heart of adoption.
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at sixteen i aborted a life swore i would never do that again but at twenty found myself alone and lonely no desire or capability to care for myself or someone else Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Father Mike, Santa Barbara, Aunt Laura, Karen Braucher, New Jersey, San Francisco, Bacchae Press, San Diego, New Mexico, United States, Andrew Burke, Blessing Home, Gwynn Oak Avenue, Los Angeles, Michael Gibson, Palm Springs, Bal Jagat, Iowa Woman, Isaac Berg, John Manesis, Martin's Press, North Carolina, Ragweed Press, The Pinetum New!
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at sixteen i aborted a life swore i would never do that again but at twenty found myself alone and lonely no desire or capability to care for myself or someone else Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Father Mike, Santa Barbara, Aunt Laura, Karen Braucher, New Jersey, San Francisco, Bacchae Press, San Diego, New Mexico, United States, Andrew Burke, Blessing Home, Gwynn Oak Avenue, Los Angeles, Michael Gibson, Palm Springs, Bal Jagat, Iowa Woman, Isaac Berg, John Manesis, Martin's Press, North Carolina, Ragweed Press, The Pinetum New!
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- One Sleep, One Waking: Poems by John Hildebidle on page 152
- The Divine Milieu (Perennial Classics) by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin on page 10
- Caribbean Dozen by John Agard on page 6
- The Divine Milieu: In a Newly-revised Translation by Sion Cowell by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin on page 10
- Blue-Eyed Grass: Poems of Germany by Norbert Krapf on page 177
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