The Adoption Reunion Handbook

Anyone searching for information about their birth relatives will find this book is a gem.

Stories in the press usually focus on those searches which are successful, with a happy-ever-after scenario, and so to the outsider it may look easy to trace a birth parent. It is not. Moreover, there are innumerable factors to take into consideration, and in itemising these the authors have done a splendid job.

I cannot think of a single area they have not covered - from how to begin, through what to expect emotionally, the legal side, through to the real possibility of rejection and reunion breakdown. For anyone setting out on this journey there are penetrating questions to ask, such as what has triggered your interest in search and reunion now, and perhaps what is more important, what are your expectations and goals?

The book is based on a large-scale research study, and in addition will be hugely helpful to birth parents, adoptive parents (who fear a search may mean they are rejected by their child), social workers and counsellors.

published by Wiley
£12.99   $22.00   ISBN 0470094222

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