52 Birth Parents - Books, Multimedia and Periodicals (adoption)
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This article is from the Adoption FAQ, by Rosemarie Ventura aa742@freenet.buffalo.edu ah241@freenet.carleton.ca with numerous contributions by others.
52 Birth Parents - Books, Multimedia and Periodicals (adoption)
Birthparents' Perspective on Adoption.* pamphlet CUB. 2.50.
Bitter Fruit : Women's Experiences of Unplanned Pregnancy,
Abortion, and Adoption.* Rita Townsend & Ann Perkins, eds. 1992.
Hunter House.
Confessions of a Lost Mother.* Elisa Barton. 1996. 171 p.
A collection of emails between the author and triad
members and Ms. Barton's reflections and critique of the
adoption system. ISBN 0-9650795-0-3 14.95 (PA + 6%) + 2.50 s/h
menocal@aol.com Elisa Barton, 744 Claredon Rd, Narbeth PA 19072
Exile.* Mary Anne Cohen. Poems about losing a child. 5.00.
From We to Just Me.* Kristapher Ryan. 1990. (Avail. from Freedom
to Be Me Seminars, POB 52057, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R2M 5P9).
12.50.
Half a Million Women `Mothers who lose their children by
adoption'.* D. Howe, P. Sawbridge and D. Hinings. 1992. Penguin
UK. (Bath Road, Harmondsworth, Middlesex UB7 ODA, UK) Complied, P.
Sawbridge of the PAC (Post Adoption Center). Details the
experiences of birthmothers 50's - 70's and the unrecognised
suffering they went through.
Hope: A Collection of Birthfamily Stories, Poems, and Letters.*
Alicia Lanier, ed. 1993. Hope Cottage Adoption Center. Women
who relinquished to closed adoptions share their experience. 5.08.
Living Mistakes: Mothers Who Consented to Adoption. Kate Inglis.
200p. 1984. Allen Unwin. Australian birth mothers tell all. 22.50;
pap. 10.95.
MayDay! Reclaiming Our Voices.* 1993? RC Publications,
P.O. Box 8445, Berkeley CA 94707-8445. Bound collection of
quarterly publications of MayDay! publishing project. Personal
essays on being a birth mother, healing strategies, reviews, etc.
The Post Adoption Experience of Surrendering Parents.* pamphlet
CUB. 2.50.
Pregnant By Mistake: The Stories of Seventeen Women. Katrina
Maxtone-Graham. rev ed. 456p. 1987. Remi Bks. 21.95; pap. 12.95.
Relinquishing Mothers In Adoption.* Robin C. Winkler, M van Keppel.
1984. Melbourne, Australia. Institue of Family Studies.
Secret-Sharing With Loved Ones: Personal Stories Of Telling
Children and Others.* Marsha Riben and Mary Anne Cohen, eds.
pamphlet 17p. Origins. Birthparents tell their children at
home about the sibling lost to adoption.
Secrets Manual, Journal & Workbook.* Triadoption Publ.
Shattered Dreams - Lonely Choices: Birthparents of Babies with
Disabilities Talk About Adoption.* Joanne Finnegan. 184p. 1993.
22.95.
The Social Worker's Role in Adoption.* pamphlet CUB. 2.50
Storied Lives: The Cultural Politics of Self-Understanding.*
George C. Rosewald and Richard L Ochberg, eds. 304p. 1992. Yale
Univ. Press. Not about adoption per se but has an interesting
chapter "How do you introduce yourself as a childless mother?":
Birthparent interpretations of parenthood.
Telling Your Children & Others.* Mary Anne Cohen & Marsha Riben.
Accounts of woman who told the child they raised and other loved
ones about the child they lost to adoption. 5.00.
To Keera With Love: Abortion, Adoption or Keeping the Baby, The
Story of One Teen's Choice.* Kayla M Becker & Connie K Heckert.
190p. Sheed & Ward MO. pap. 7.95.
To Love & Let Go. Suzanne Arms. 240p. 1983. Knopf. 21.45.
Wake Up Little Suzie.* Rickie Solinger. 324p. 1992. Routledge. An
analysis of maternity home programs for unwed mothers 1945-1965.
What Kind Of Love? : the diary of a pregnant teenager.* Sheila
Cole. fiction. 192p. Lothrop. (9-adult) Fictional account of an
unwanted teenage pregnancy and the decision to place for adoption.
1995.
Within Me, Without Me Adoption: an open and shut case?* Sue Wells.
1994. Scarlet Press, 5 Montague Road, London. Women in England and
New Zealand tell their experiences. Covers adoptions from the
1960's-1990's. Includes accounts from a wide variety of
situations: closed and open adoptions, mixed race, and some
complicated and tragic situations.
Yesterday they Took My Baby.* Ben Wicks. Adoption from a birth
parent perspective.
Young Unwed Fathers: changing roles and emerging policies.* Robert
Lerman and Theodora Ooms, eds. 348p. Temple Univ Press. Serious
essays look at unwed fatherhood in the US as a policy issue. 1993.
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