[sarah75]

Hi Everyone,
Can anyone recomend any good books, I feel a little overwhelmed when I look in the bookstore.
I am looking for a book which details more our feelings and the emotional side the adoption rather than the process side, if that make sense.
Thanks
Sarah

[SchmennaLeigh]

Bookstores don't really carry a lot on open adoption. Stick with Amazon or BN online.

Lifegivers by James L Gritter and The Spirit of Open Adoption by the same author discuss a lot of emotions, reactions, misconceptions, etc.

[rredhead]

Try Is Adoption for You? by Christine Adamec.
Even if you KNOW you'll be adopting, it provides a great overview and includes discussion questions for you and your partner.

Tapestry Books is an adoption-only online store you could try.

[Silverramette]

My husband and I have just started researching. I went to my local library first and came up with a few books, although most of them are fairly old:

The Art of Adoption by Linda Cannon Burgess. Its a touching book about the experience of adoption from birth parents, adoptive parents, and the adoptee. It would be useful if you are considering open adoption.

Successful Adoption by Jacqueline Horonor Plumez, PhD. Its a good starting point, but by no means the most thorough. The topics range from fertility treatments to questions adoptees ask at different stages of life.

The Private Adoption Handbook by Stanley B. Michelman & Meg Schneider. Its a relatively biased persuasive book on private adoption. If you are considering private adoption, this would be a good book for you. It tells you how to find an attorney, a birth mom, and what legal issues you may encounter.

The Adoption Sourcebook by Cheryl Jones, M.S.W.. This book has a great number of additional resources (websites, organizations, etc) with a brief outline of adoption processes.

I just borrowed Adoption for Dummies, The Unofficial Guide to Adopting a Child (Andrea DellaVecchio), and The Complete Adoption Book (Laura Beauvais-Godwin & Raymond Godwin, Esq). I'm not sure what they cover, but you might look into those as well. I hope this helps.