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Told at seven that she was adopted and at thirty that her natural parents were still living, the author recounts her psychological, emotional, and actual search for her origins and her subsequent meeting and relationship with her natural mother
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"A personal account of the painful problems caused by the adopted child's aloneness among his or her contemporaries and the need (often supressed) to know of, even to find, the biological parents." --"The New York Times Book Review""Deeply stirring...important and enriching." --Elie Wiesel""Twice Born" is an eloquant book." -"-Psychology Today"
About the Author:
Betty Jean Lifton is a writer, psychologist, and one of the nation's leading advocates for adoption reform. Her books include: "Journey of the Adopted Self: A Quest for Wholeness, Lost and Found: The Adoption Experience," and "The King of Children: The Life and Death of Janusz Korczak." She has lectured widely, in this country and abroad, and has an adoption counseling practice in New York City.
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- PublisherMcGraw-Hill
- Publication date1975
- ISBN 10 007037824X
- ISBN 13 9780070378247
- BindingHardcover
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