Are there any adoption books out there written by First Parents?

Question

I read many blogs that emotional and enlightening from First Mothers. I was just wondering if there were any books explaining adoption from a First Parents pov and would you recommend them?

I would like to share these books with some friends.

I have already read "The Girls Who Went Away". It was an awesome book that i've already pass along to friends.

Thank you for your help.

Answer 1

Here are a few that I've found, and they may be what you're looking for. I haven't gotten a chance to read these but, they've gotten pretty good reviews.

"Giving Away Simone"

http://www.amazon.com/dp/0385485999?tag=...

"Thank You Son for Finding Me"

http://www.amazon.com/dp/094403182X?tag=...

"The Other Mother"

http://www.amazon.com/dp/0939149753?tag=...

"Shadow Mothers; Stories of Adoption and Reunion"

http://www.amazon.com/Shadow-Mothers-Sto...

"I Wish for You a Beautiful Life: Letters from the Korean Birth Mothers of Ae Ran Won to Their Children "

http://www.amazon.com/Wish-You-Beautiful...

Answer 2

Without a Map - Meredith Hall (One of my favorites. Not only is she a wonderful writer, but she captures the feeling of deep disconnect, which I experienced after losing my son to adoption.)

Adoption and Loss: The Hidden Grief  - Evelyn Burns Robinson (I liked this a lot, perhaps because it was one of the first books I had ever read about adoption loss.)

Adoption and Recovery: Solving the Mystery of Reunion  - Evelyn Burns Robinson

The Same Smile - Susan Mello Souza's

The Baby Thief - Barbara Bisantz Raymond (AP author, but since you included The Girls Who Went Away, which was written by an adopted person - I thought I would include this book as I think it gives very good insight into the history of domestic adoption – the foundation for what is going on today.)

The Stork Market - Mirah Riben (good look at the industry)

Shedding light on...The Dark Side of Adoption- Mirah Riben

Wake Up Little Susie: Single Pregnancy and Race Before Roe v Wade – Rickie Solinger

Beggars and Choosers: How the Politics of Choice Shapes Adoption, Abortion, and Welfare in the United States -- Rickie Solinger.

To Prison With Love, By Sandy Musser. (A first mother who went to prison because she helped reunite natural families!)

I Would Have Searched Forever - Sandy Musser.

Death by Adoption - Joss Shawyer ('almost' lost her child to adoption – her writing is very powerful to me - she has been a huge advocate for firstmoms)

Adoption Healing, a path to recovery for mothers who lost children to adopt -  Karen Wilson Buterbaugh (firstmom) and Joe Soll (adoptee)

There are others, but this is "off the shelf." Thanks for asking.