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04-07-2009, 04:38 PM
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Can you help?
I hope it is okay for me to post here. As part of our entrance into a domestic adoption program, we have been asked to read two books about adoption. They would like us to read at least one book that discusses adoption from the birthparent (expectant parent?) point of view. Do you have any suggestions for books that we should read?
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Nov. 08 Met with 2 agencies. Decided on one. Want to save/earn the adoption fees without incurring any debt if possible. Will wait until April to apply. Praying, praying, praying! Dec. 08 Got foster parent license. First placement FS 7 Mar. 09 Second placement! FS 2-mo. (RU a couple weeks later) Apr. 09 Attended adoption agency orientation meeting. Still working on saving the adoption fees. Jun. 09 Soooo close to getting "signed up" with agencies. 
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04-07-2009, 04:52 PM
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I highly recommend The Girls Who Went Away by Ann Fessler. Although it focuses on the closed era of adoptions between the 1950s thru the 1970s, it is still very relevant to the current times. Ann interviewed hundreds of birthmoms, and although adoption has changed a great deal since those times, the feelings and experiences voiced by the birthmoms still echo in today's world. A lot of the birthmothers here on the forums who relinquished in the past 10 years, for example, find they relate a lot to the women in the book.
If you can't find the book at your public library, Amazon sells it for pretty cheap. I got my hardcover copy from Amazon for about $7. 
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04-08-2009, 06:56 AM
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The Girls who went away is an incredible book. As an adoptee I would like to give you my suggestion on the second book...The Primal Wound by Nancy Verrier...
Kind regards, Dickons
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04-08-2009, 07:50 AM
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Lifegivers by Gritter is my vote. It talks about contemporary first moms.
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04-08-2009, 10:00 AM
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I'm ALL about the Lifegivers too. I thought it was a fabulous book and my copy is covered in highlighting and scribbled notes in the margins. There were many times where I though, "yes! THAT describes my experience as a first mom!"
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04-08-2009, 11:32 PM
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Lifegivers and The Girls Who Went Away
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