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Adoption Therapy: Perspectives from Clients and Clinicians on Processing and Healing Post-Adoption Issues Edited by Laura Dennis

With writing by adoptees, adoptive parents, and clinicians, Adoption Therapy is a first-of-its-kind and wholly unique reference book, providing insight, advice, and personal stories which highlight the specific nature of the adoptee experience. Editor: Laura Dennis Adoptee Authors: Marcy Axness, Ph.D.; Karen Belanger; Karen Caffrey, LPC, JD; Lisa Floyd; Rebecca Hawkes; Jodi Haywood;Read More →

Dear Wonderful You: Letters to Adopted & Fostered Youth Edited by Diane René Christian and Mei-Mei Akwai Ellerman, PhD

A powerful book filled with thoughtful and inspiring letters. This anthology was written by a global community of adult adoptees and adults who were fostered. Each letter was penned to the upcoming generation of adopted and fostered youth. Editors: Diane René Christian, Mei-Mei Akwai Ellerman Adoptee Authors: JoAnne Bennett, Thomas Park Clement,Read More →

Perpetual Child: Dismantling the Stereotype Edited by Diane René Christian and Amanda H.L. Transue-Woolston

A collection of stories, poems, and essays aimed at confronting the “perpetual child” stereotype faced by adult adoptees. The pieces contained within this anthology implore readers to look deeply into their own ideas about what it means to be adopted and to empathize with the experience of being viewed asRead More →

Adoptionland: From Orphans to Activists Edited by Janine Myung Ja, Michael Allen Potter, and Allen L. Vance

This anthology begins with personal accounts and then shifts to a bird’s eye view on adoption from domestic, intercountry and transracial adoptees who are now adoptee rights activists. Along with adopted people, this collection also includes the voices of mothers and a father from the Baby Scoop Era, a modern-dayRead More →

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