Does anyone have any recommendations for books on adoption? We have "The Lost Daughters of China". Naomi has read it. She loved it. I haven't read it yet but I plan on reading it soon. That was the first book recommendation we received when we decided to adopt from China.
Have you read any great books on adoption?
Posted by Mark at June 20, 2004 11:10 PMA World of Love and the Baby Boat are good. I'm blanking on other titles, but this link may help:
http://www.tapestrybooks.com/catalog/index/titlindx.shtml
Posted by: Jenn at June 21, 2004 07:54 AMPassages to the Heart, Editor Amy Klatzin is a wonderful book with articles from Families with Children from China. It answered many of our questions. Also a great website to visit is www.storyofyou.com. It contains the travel logs of people who have, are, or about to travel to China. We plan on listing when we get closer to referral.
Posted by: Tammie at June 21, 2004 11:47 AMI read "Wanting a Daughter, Needing a Son" and now my husband is reading it. It's more dry and factual - but has some interesting information in it. I am reading "20 Things Adoptive Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew" with an adoption discussion group and we meet once a month to talk about each chapter. That has been very insightful to hear other's share their views and experiences with their adopted children.
Posted by: Lisa at June 22, 2004 12:44 AMThis is my general list. I hope you didn't mean one book-- there are so many!
Lifebooks: Creating A Treasure for the Adopted Child by Beth O' Malley
*Kids Like Me in China by Ying Ying Fry (Childrens)
*Daughter from A Far by Sarah Woodward
*The Transracial Adoption by Gail Steinberg (a must read)
*Are Those Kids Yours? by Cheri Register
*The Lost Daughters of China by Karin Evans (must read first!)
*Wanting a Daughter, Needing a Son by Kay Anne Johnson (must read)
*Mommy Far, Mommy Near: An Adoption Story by Carol Peacock
*Attaching in Adoption: Practical Tools for Today's Parent by Deborah Gray
*When You Were Born in China by Sara Dorow (This is great for getting ideas about creating a lifebook for your daughter.)
*20 Things Adoptive Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Would Know by Sherrie Eldridge (FYI- this book is controversial in the adoption community. Some strongly disagree with the author.)
*The Waiting Child (older child adoption) by Cindy Champnella
* A Passage from the Heart
* Becoming a Family
*Secrets Thoughts of an Adoptive Mother
* Raising Adopted children
*Keys to Parenting an Adopted Child
* I Love you Like Crazy Cakes (Childrens)
Mimi
I copied this from another list in case you don't have this network:
But on one of
the other adoption lists I belong to, we can apparently order the
DVD for $19.95 plus $3.95 shipping. It will ship '2.5 weeks after
production finishes' (whatever that means). The number to call is 1-
800-627-5162.
I liked "Toddler Adoption: The Weaver's Craft"
and "What Size Shoes Does She Wear?"
Posted by: ModernMother Tamra at June 25, 2004 07:10 PMHi! Two titles I don't think have been mentioned yet are _Real Parents, Real Children: Parenting the Adopted Child_, by Holly Van Gulden; and _Talking With Young Children About Adoption_, by Mary Watkins and Susan Fisher. Both are excellent and will help you think about how you'll handle what adoption means to your daughter as she passes through different developmental stages. I've found _Being Adopted: The Lifelong Search for Self_, by David M. Bodzinsky, et al., really eye opening for the way it examines how people who were adopted view their adoptions throughout the life cycle (including into old age).
Posted by: cheryl at July 6, 2004 01:16 AMSarah Saffian's book "Ithaka: a daughter's memoir of being found" is an excellent book which explores the author's experience of being located and contacted by her birth parents as an adult. Sarah writes with great insight about the adoption experience, from her point of view as an adoptee.
Posted by: Tobi at July 9, 2004 07:08 AM