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Essential reading for Adoptees?

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  • 29-10-2013 4:46pm
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    Crann na Beatha
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    The_Conductor
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    Betty Jean Lifton - Journey of the Adopted Self, a quest for wholeness

    June Goulding - A Light in the window


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    Crann na Beatha
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    'The Primal Wound- Understanding the adopted child' by Nancy Newton Verrier.
    As the title suggests its a hard hitting, pull no punches take on the experience of being adopted. It might not be the best book to read if your a prospective adopter as it is grittily realistic about the impact of adoption on some children and might even come across as being negative. However it does expose a lot of truths that are sometimes overlooked and a lot of stories that can be identified with.


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    LennieB
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    "Blue-eyed son" by Nicky Campbell..it's his story but I found I could identify with a lot of what he experienced.
    Also "Motherhood Silenced" by Ruth Kelly - based on interviews with (Irish) birthmothers and their experiences of reunion, found it useful for my reunion with my birthparents to see it from their side.


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