Birthbond: Reunions Between Birthparents and Adoptees - What Happens After...

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Summary: Reassuring read...
Review: This is a helpful resource that examines many different outcomes of reunion. Although no two may be alike, there are still common elements that run through most of them. This book will undoubtedly soothe more than a few souls who are struggling to make heads or tails out of their own reunion situations. There is probably no greater comfort than knowing others have gone before you. I liked the book's straightforward presentation even though they, admittedly, didn't have as broad of a cross section as they would have liked for their sample.

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Summary: Great book to read for those in the triad!
Review: This is the first adoption related book I have read, and found my birth mother about a year ago. I was concerned with reading any adoption type books because I had heard others in the triad talk about different books that they had read, and thought it all un-realistic. I took the chance and read this book, and am very glad I did. It opened my eyes to truly how birth mothers felt about relinquishing their children, and mostly about how reunion had affected their lives in positive and negative ways. I recommend this book as a must read!

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Summary: What Happens After ...to Birthmothers.
Review: While this is a very well written book, I found the title misleading. I assumed this would deal with what happens after the renunion for Birhtparents and Adoptees, but the book is heavily weighted towards reporting the aftermath for Birthmothers. If you are an adoptee, or interested in what the consequences of a reunion mean to them, you will be sorely dissapointed. If you are a birthmother, you'll find the book thorough and insightful.