[waiting4katie]

I am curious if there are any books dealing with international adoption from the adopted child's "point of view" or written by an adult adoptee? I wanted to know how they felt growing up, what went right, what should have been done differently, what would they change or keep the same, their challenges. We are DTC, Jan 2, waiting for LID, and I have a "little" time on my hands for reading as much as possible. I have tried to do a search, but am having a hard time finding book suggestions. Thanks!

[Nichole98]

I have read "Twenty things adopted kids wished their adoptive parents knew". It was written by a woman who was adopted in the U.S. I still found it to be informative and it opened my eyes to many things I would have never considered.

[stillhoping]

I've been wanting something written by the Koream adoptees. If they haven't written anything yet - they should!

[Lissa]

Not written by an adult, but it is an adoptee's perspective.

At Home in this World: A China Adoption
Author: Jean MacLeod

Description:
AT HOME IN THIS WORLD is the honest, lyrical reflection of a pre-adolescent girl on what she knows of her adoption from China, and the strength she gains from her acceptance of her bittersweet experience.

AND

Kids Like Me in China
Author: Ying Ying Fry with Amy Klatzkin

Description:
Written by an eight-year-old who was adopted from China as a baby, KIDS LIKE ME IN CHINA is the first view of Chinese adoption from a child's perspective. Ying Ying returns to visit her orphanage so that she can understand what it was like.

[cthy757]

A Single Square Picture by Katie Robinson is a fascinating read. It was written by a Korean Adult adoptee. The back of the book reads:

"When I was seven years old, my mother and grandmother took me to the airport and watched as I boarded a plane for America. With time, I became convinced that my life began the moment I stepped off the airplane on the other side of the world...

One day she was Kim Ji-yun, growing up in Seoul, Korea. The next day she was Catherine Jeanne Robinson, living in Salt Lake City, Utah. In her new home there was no face that mirrored her own, no one to tell her that she had her mother's eyes or her father's sense of humor. All she had was a single photograph to remind her of who she was---taken at the moment when her life became irreversably changed.

Twenty years later, with the blessings of her adoptive family, Katy Robinson returned to Seoul in search of her birth mother---and found herself an American outsider in her native land. What transpired in this world---at once familiar and strange, comforting, and sad---left Katy conflicted, shattered, exhilarated, and moved in ways she never imagined.

A Single Square Picture is a personal oddyssey that ascends to the universal, a story that will resonate with anyone who has ever questioned their place in the world---and had the courage to find the answers."

[SofiasMom]

a search of Amazon produced these 2 books:

After the Morning Calm: Reflections of Korean Adoptees by Sook Wilkinson and Nancy Fox


Seeds from a Silent Tree: An Anthology By Korean Adoptees by Tonya Bishoff and Jo Rankin

there are also blogs (Twice the Rice comes to mind)

be prepared for some angry voices.

[lovemybulldog]

Originally Posted by Lissa

Kids Like Me in China
Author: Ying Ying Fry with Amy Klatzkin

Description:
Written by an eight-year-old who was adopted from China as a baby, KIDS LIKE ME IN CHINA is the first view of Chinese adoption from a child's perspective. Ying Ying returns to visit her orphanage so that she can understand what it was like.

I gave my nieces and nephews each a copy of this book for Christmas to help them understand what all the talk and questions within our family is about. I also loved the perspective of the girl. It made me excited for the prospect of possibly taking my child back someday.