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Adoption books
benacheson
April 28, 2013 20:47
Apologies if this topic has been well-covered elsewhere, but can anyone recommend some good books/resources to expand my knowledge of various adoption issues?I am particularly interested in adoptees'' issues and I''ve already got a hold of ''The Primal Wound'', ''Mother Me'' and the book dealing with social networking (I cannot remember the name).Any other suggestions would be most welcome.Thanks,Ben
jmk
April 28, 2013 21:15
If you look at the Resources Board at the bottom of the main page, there is a thread on there called Recommended Reading for Adopters, or something like that. You may find some suitable books there. HTH
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Lettice
April 29, 2013 10:40
You might be interested in "As if I was a real boy" by Gordon and Jeannie Mackenzie, it was written in partnership between an adult adoptee and his adopted mum. I enjoyed it from the perspective of another single adoptive parent who adopted an older child. But the insight and perspective of the son really makes the book, I think.
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Hunster
April 29, 2013 12:14
Ben, I have PM'd you.
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suffolk puff
April 30, 2013 16:18
All our LossesAll our Griefs..by Mitchell and Anderson.So many adoption related books will focus on the effects of trauma and then subsequent behaviours. Once you know that stuff....it is a given, but to move on and make sense of why some of us keep getting hurt and are causing hurt through adoption , (both adoptee AND adopter), then reading this book has gone some way to explain why I and my dd are knocked sideways by grief due to our losses at the most unexpected times.It is an older book given to me by a very good friend who is an adopter and I believe 'gets it'in a very down to earth, realistic way. It is written by 2 Pastors, but I can recommend it for secular readers as well.
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