Birthbond: Reunions Between Birthparents and Adoptees What Happens After - Softcover

Gediman, Judith S.; Brown, Linda P.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0882820729 ISBN 13: 9780882820729

Publisher: New Horizon Press, 1991

Synopsis

In this eye-opening, deeply affecting account, the authors reveal - through the words and experiences of adoptees, birthmothers, and birthfathers - that what reunion can accomplish is impressive, although its pangs are no less real than the pangs of birth

About this title

From Publishers Weekly:

In 36 interviews with women who relinquished their children to adoption, the authors present anecdotal documentation of what happens when birth mothers and their children meet. The case histories are bittersweet. For some, reunion provides enrichment and release from guilt; for others the event is wrenching, especially when it occurs in the adoptee's adult life. In considering the many facets of adoption--including the views of birth fathers, adoptive parents, grandparents--the authors of this helpful study allow us to hear voices and attitudes that could change future adoption practices in this country. Gediman is a Connecticut-based marketing consultant; Brown is legislative director of American Adoption Congress.
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About this edition

• Publisher: New Horizon Press
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0882820729
• ISBN 13: 9780882820729
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 318