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Zoë Kessler, author and freelance writer, Adoption Reunioins, Second Story Press, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1993, written under Michelle McColm
Zoë Kessler, author and freelance writer, Adoption Reunions, Second Story Press, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1993 written under Michelle McColm


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Adoption Reunions, Second Story Press, Toronto, Ontario, 1993
by Michelle McColm (Zoë's adoptive name)
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Adoption Reunions by Michelle McColm

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Adoption Reunions, a Book for Adoptees, Birth Parents and Adoptive Families

Table of Contents 


Introduction................................................... 11
Part One:  The Roots of Reunion
Chapter 1 - Adoptions Past and Present......................... 19
Chapter 2 - The Birth Mother's Experience...................... 39
Chapter 3 - Adopting a Child: The Adoptive Parents'Experience.. 59
Chapter 4 - Growing Up Adopted................................. 77
Chapter 5 - The Challenge of Reunions.......................... 93
Part Two:  The Process of Reunion
Chapter 6 - The Search........................................ 107
Chapter 7 - Backstage: Pre-Reunion Jitters.................... 131
Chapter 8 - You're On: The Reunion............................ 153
Chapter 9 - Post Reunion: Short-Term Issues................... 171
Chapter 10 - Post Reunion: Long-Term Issues................... 199
Part Three: In Support of Reunions
Chapter 11 - Support and Education............................ 227
Chapter 12 - Recommendations for Change and Healing........... 243
Appendices.................................................... 255
References.................................................... 263
Back Cover:

Working in adoption disclosure at a Children's Aid Society, MICHELLE McCOLM became familiar with the stories of adoptees and birth mothers alike. An adoptee herself, she has successfully navigated her way through a reunion with her birth mother and extended family. She now lives in Toronto.

Adoption Reunions is the most comprehensive book about reunions so far. Michelle McColm, in drawing on her own experience and those of other reuniting participants, has presented a sensitive and compassionate guide for those involved in all phases of the reunion process.
~ NANCY VERRIER, MFCC, adoptive mother, author of The Primal Wound: Understanding the Adoptive Child

Adoption Reunions is a remarkable book that provides a balanced, compassionate, objective and comprehensive assessment of adoption and reunion experiences involving challenges and rewards, fears and hopes, anguish and joy. McColm offers valuable suggestions that can provide a road map for those who have experienced or are contemplating adoption and reunion. ...a must-read for those working in the field of adoption.
~ PAUL SACHDEV, PH.D., author of Unlocking the Adoption Files & Adoption: Current Issues and Trends (ed.)

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