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| The Adoption Reunion Handbook | 
 enlarge | Authors: Elizabeth Trinder, Julia Feast, David Howe
Publisher: WileyBlackwell
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 88538
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 174
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 9.4 x 6.5 x 0.6
ISBN: 0470094222
Dewey Decimal Number: 362.8298
EAN: 9780470094228
ASIN: 0470094222
Publication Date: July 16, 2004
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| Customer Reviews:
 At last a book for adoptees over the age of 12! March 21, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book is a great find in a genre where all the books are for "katie aged 6", thinking of adopting, the adoptive parent guides and how to bring up and adopted child. etc etc.
The book is a great starting point for anyone begining their search and considering making contact.
Full of practical and emotional advise, it is mainly directed at the adult who now feels that they are at a point in their life when they wish to know more. It draws on other experiences of adoptees and gives honest accounts of the highs and lows of the adoptive situation.
 Recommended as a starting point for adopted adults November 30, 2006
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is a well written, well researched reference book that all adopted adults should read if they are considering making contact with their birth families. It highlights the pros and cons and gives sound advice about what to expect.
Very helpful, down to earth and sensitive... July 4, 2005
18 out of 18 found this review helpful
This is the first book that I have purchased on adoption (as an adopted adult who has recently had access to birth records and birth mother). It came at a time when I really needed to read a book that could help me see my way through an emotionally draining time.
It is accessible, uncomplicated and unpretentious. I have subsequently read other texts that I found maybe a little too psychoanalytic for me (and I am, by occupation, a psychologist!!)- this one just seemed to 'hit' the right tone and pace.
There are chapters on how to go about tracing (with many useful UK and other countries addresses), reunions with birth mothers, fathers and sibs. It discusses what we might possibly expect to feel before, during and after. It has helpful 'advice boxes' that are evidence based - the authors are academic researchers with some of the authors having personal experience of adoption. I particularly appreciated that the book felt academic/objective yet sensitive as some of the others that I have read can often feel like the author is simply offloading their own emotional baggage, via their 'textbook'.
This book has guided me through the minefield of reunion and I would suspect could be very helpful for many others in the triad.
I hope it helps those that may need to read an up to date text, based on research and experience.
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