Birthright: The Guide to Search And Reunion For Adoptees, Birthparents And Adoptive Parents - Softcover

Strauss, Jean

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140512950 ISBN 13: 9780140512953

Publisher: Penguin, 1994

Synopsis

What happens when an adoptee decides to locate a birthparent or a birthparent wants to find a child given up long ago? How does one search for people whose names one does not know? And what happens during a reunion? In 1983, Jean A. S. Strauss was faced with these questions when she began her search for her birth-mother, and in this inspiring new handbook, she shares her experience. Strauss will help you map out a step-by-step journey that will empower and support you throughout this significant time. Brimming with important reference sources and dozens of true-life stories, this valuable resource will guide you in:

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[ Birthright: The Guide to Search and Reunion for Adoptees, Birthparents, and Adoptive... By ( Author ) Jun-1994 Paperback

From the Author:

Thank you readers!
"Birthright" is now in it's third printing, and one of my greatest joys is when I am contacted by individuals who felt the book was beneficial. For me, the most special 'success' story is a very personal one. My birthmother Lee (who is also an adoptee) used "Birthright" to search for her own birthmother - and after a long and difficult effort, was successful. The first gift she ever sent her mother was a copy of "Birthright". My grandmother, who was eighty-years-old when she was 'found', later told me how reading the book helped her cope in the early days of our reunion. I never anticipated how the words and stories in "Birtright" would benefit so many people - nor what a profound effect it would have on my own family...

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0140512950
• ISBN 13: 9780140512953
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384