Books about Adoption:

**The Primal Wound
by Nancy Newton-Verrier.
Gateway Press. ISBN 0-9636480-0-4
(by post from The Post Adoption Centre. Tel: 02072840555)

**Lost And Found (the adoption experience)
by Betty Jean Lifton.
Perennial Library. ISBN 0-06-097132-0

**Preparing For Reunion
by post for £6.60 from The Children's Society,
Publications Dept., Edward Rudolf House, Margery Street, London WC1X OJL

*Half A Million Women
(mothers who lose their children by adoption)
by David Howe, Phillida Sawbridge and Diana Hinings. Penguin. ISBN 0-14-015415-9

Journey Of The Adopted Self (A Quest For Wholeness)
by Betty Jean Lifton.
Basic Books ISBN 0465 036759
(explores the inner world of the adoptee).

Being Adopted (The Lifelong Search for Self)
by David Brodzinsky, Marshall Schechter & Robin Marantz Anchor Books ISBN 0-385-41426-9

The Easy Way Out
(birth mother's of adopted children - the hidden side of adoption)
by Sue Powell and Jacky Warren.
Minerva Press.
ISBN 1-86106-058-0
(personal stories of birth mother's experiences)

*The Adoption Reader
(birth mothers, adoptive mothers and adopted daughters tell their stories)
by Susan Wadia-Ells.
The Women's Press. ISBN 0-7043-4495-5

Within Me - Without Me
(adoption - an open and shut case?)
by Sue Wells.
Scarlett Press. ISBN 1-85727-042-8
(personal stories of birth mother's experiences).

The Adoption Experience
by Anne Morris, Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
ISBN 1-85302-783-9
(for adopters and adoptees covering every stage of the process).

Autobiographies / Biographies:

Missing Links
by Vincent J. Begley.
Claycombe Press. ISBN 0-933905-06-8
(about a male adoptee's search).

Letter To Louise
by Pauline Collins.
Corgi Books. ISBN 0-552-13741-3
(about a famous birth mother's reunion with her daughter).

All That Really Matters
by Campbell Armstrong. LB & Co.
ISBN 0-316-85178-7
(about Campbell's ex-wife and her reunion with her daughter - both of whom had cancer).

Twiceborn (Memories of an adopted daughter)
by Betty Jean Lifton.
ISBN 0312187661
(about a female adoptee's search and reunion).

IThaka
(a daughter's memoir of being found)
by Sarah Saffian.
Basic Books. ISBN 0-465-03618-X
(a female adoptee is traced by her birth parents).

Unless otherwise stated, books can be obtained from libraries, bookshops or by telephone (and credit card) from: Bookstall Forum 01332 368039 or via the internet at http://www.amazon.co.uk

 

New Books

Contact and Adoption Video
made by the Catholic Children's
Society.

Adoption Support Services
for Families in Difficulty
(BAAF)

Troubled Transplants
by Delaney and Kunstall

Trauma Attachment and
family Permanence
by Caroline Archer

Adopting the Hurt Child
by Greg Keck and Regina Kopecky

Holding Time
by Martha Welch

Parenting Teens With
Love And Logic
by Cline and Fay

Parenting with love and
logic
Cline and Fay

Working With Young
People
by Caroline Hamilton

Coming Soon...

The Adoption Experience
by Ann Morris

Creative Responses to Child
Sexual Abuse
by Sue Richardson

Patterns of adoption
by David Howe

Child abuse Trauma
by John Brierce

Facilitating developmental
attachment
by Dan Hughes

Books suitable for Birth Relatives

Preparing For Reunion
Available by post for $6.60 from The Children's Society, Publications Department, Edward Rudolf House, Margery Street, London WC1X OJL

Half A Million Women
(mothers who lose their children by adoption)
By David Howe, Phillida Sawbridge and Diana Hinings
Penguin ISBN 0-14-015415-9

The Easy Way Out? (birth mother's of adopted children - the hidden side of adoption)
By Sue Powell and Jacky Warren
Minerva Press ISBN 1-86 106-058-0

Lost And Found (the adoption experience)
By Betty Jean Lifton
Perennial Library ISBN 0-06-097132-0

Journey Of The Adopted Self (A Quest For Wholeness)
By Betty Jean Lifton
Basic Books ISBN 0-465-03675-9

Ithaka (a daughter's memoir of being found)
By Sarah Saffian
Basic Books ISBN 0-465-03618-X

Within Me - Without Me (adoption - an open and shut case?)
By Sue Wells
Scarlet Press ISBN 1-85727-042-8

A Road Called Adoption
By Irene Berman and Eileen Jordaan
Angel Publishers ISBN 0-620-20660-8

The Adoption Reader (birth mother's, adoptive mothers and adopted daughters tell their stories)
By Susan Wadia-Ellis
The Womens Press ISBN 0-7043-4495-5

Adoption Reunions
By Michele McColm
ISBN 0-929-00541-4

Elephants Never Forget
By Kay Colman
ISBN1-90213806-6

Yesterday They Took My Baby (true stories of adoption)
By Ben Wicks
Lime Tree ISBN 0-413-45511-4

Empty Cradles
By Margaret Humphries
Corgi Books ISBN 0-553-14164-X

Shadow Baby
By Margaret Forster
Penguin ISBN 0-14-0258361

I'm Here Waiting (a research book of Birth relatives views on Part 11 of the Adoption Contact Register)
BAFF ISBN 1 873868 413
Suitable for birth relatives (cont)

Adoption and Loss - The Hidden Grief
Robinson Evelyn Burns
Clove Publications 2000
ISBN 1 74053000 4

Preparing for Reunion
Feast, Marwood, Seabrook, Web
The Children's Society ISBN 1899783 09 1

Still Screaming
Charlton Lyn, Crank Maureen, Kansara Kinni, Olive
After Adoption 1998
ISBN0-9532574-0-1

The Primal Wound
Verrier Nancy Newton
Gateway
ISBN 0-9636480-0-4

Where To Find - Adoption Records
Georgina Stafford
BAAF 2001
ISBN1 903699 01 0

Mothers Who Lost Their Children To Adoption
Post Adoption Centre, 8 Torriano Mews, Torriano Avenue, London NW5 2RZ

Parting With A Child For Adoption
Bonchier, Lambert and Trisellotis
BAAF