Like Passages, this groundbreaking book uses the poignant, powerful voices of adoptees and adoptive parents to explore the experience of adoption and its lifelong effects. A major work, filled with astute analysis and moving truths. http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/92304.Being_Adopted
I was so surprised when I found this at my local library but immediately decided to check it out. This is a great and informative piece of non-fiction that anyone who is involved in adoption should read. This book addresses each phase of life step-by-step and shows not only how biological children react but also the reactions of adopted children. If you are interested in learning what your child may go through between birth and death (assuming they die of old age) then this book is for you.
My daughter is adopted and so this was extremely important for me to read. Although the book barely addresses transracial adoption I was given a lot of very good insights into what she will probably experience. I feel a bit more prepared as she enters school and the questions and personal dilemmas she may face crop up. The only thing I would have liked would be more information on how kids adopted by parents outside their race face life and what additional identity issues they may go through.
This really was quite interesting and I would highly recommend it to pretty much anyone.
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