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Amazon.com's list of books on Adoption
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Adopting
After Infertility
Patricia Irwin Johnston / Paperback / Published
1996
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'Are
Those Kids Yours?': American Families With Children Adopted
from Other Countries
Cheri Register / Hardcover / Published 1990
Cherie Register drawns on her experience as the mother of two
Korean-born daughters and interviews with adoptive families
to illustated the special challenges multicultural families
face.
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Real
Parents, Real Children: Parenting the Adopted Child
Holly Van Gulden / Paperback / Published
1995
A leading authority offers practical advice for parents on how
to talk with their children about adoption and how to help them
through the rougher times of growing up adopted.
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Toddler
Adoption: The Weaver's Craft
Mary Hopkins-Best / Hardcover / Published
1997
This is a book about the journey of building family through
adoption of a child between the ages of one and three. It explores
the decision to adopt, the preparation for adopting and the
adjustment to adoption of a toddler.
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Perspectives
on a Grafted Tree: Thoughts for Those Touched
Patricia Irwin Johnston (Editor), Diana
L. Stanley (Illustrator) / Hardcover / Published 1983
A collection of poetry divided into three sections -- the perspectives
of adoptive parents, the perspectives of birth parents, and
the perspectives of adopted children.
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The
Psychology of Adoption
David M. Brodzinsky, et al / Paperback /
Published 1993
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The
Realities of Adoption
Jerome Smith / Paperback / Published 1997
Social worker and professor Jerome Smith examines the many controversies
associated with adoption practice, which has changed dramatically
in the past twenty years. Using examples from the hundreds of
adoption cases he has worked on, including the famous Baby Jessica
case, Smith discusses issues such as openness in adoption, the
role of the birth father, transracial adoption, and children's
rights.
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Giving
Away Simone: A Memoir
Jan L. Waldron / Paperback / Published 1997
The author's account of her compelling, turbulent, and maddeningly
original relationship with the daughter (Simone) she gave away.
Simone was the fifth generation of women in her family to be
abandoned by their mothers. Determined to fight this "undertow
of conditioned exiting, an affliction of easy farewell," Jan
reunited with her daughter, now renamed Rebecca, when Rebecca
was eleven.
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Carolyn's
Story: A Book About an Adopted Girl
Perry Schwartz / Library Binding / Published
1996
From the author: "My nine-year old daughter, Carolyn, and
I collaborated on a book about her thoughts and feelings about
being adopted from Honduras as a baby. We are sure you will
find it a welcome resource for both adoptive families and prospective
adoptive parents."
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Should
You Adopt?
Ships in 2-3 days
Christine Moriarty Field / Paperback / Published 1997
The decision to adopt a child involves many personal, legal,
and emotional issues. Former attorney and adoptive parent Christine
Field helps readers sort through the legal concerns and questions
prospective adoptive parents have. Ms. Field's Christian beliefs
are reflected in her perspective.
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