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Here is what Professionals,
Adoptees and Birth
Mothers have to say about
ADOPTION REUNIONS:
Professionals:
Nancy Verrier,
author of The
Primal Wound: Understanding the Adoptive Child, California,
U.S.A.:
"Adoption Reunions
is the most comprehensive book about reunions so far..."
Paul Sachdev, author
of Unlocking
the Adoption Files, and "Adoption: Current Issues
and Trends," (ed.), St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada:
"Adoption Reunions
is a remarkable book that provides a balanced, compassionate,
objective and comprehensive assessment of adoption and reunion
experiences... The author 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."
Joyce Maguire
Pavao, EdD, LICSW, Founder and Director, PACT (Pre- &
Post-Adoption Consulting Team), Massachusetts, U.S.A.:
"I am so excited
about Adoption Reunions. I’ll need thousands of order
forms as I recommend it to all my staff, clients, and students
that I teach..."
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Adoptees:
"I felt moved
to tell you how helpful Adoption Reunions has been. I find
I am marking almost every paragraph with Post-It Notes. I
skipped to p. 77 "Growing Up Adopted" for courage
and solace...I can relate so much to your book. Thank you
so much..."
- Alice, San Diego,
California, U.S.A., 1996
"As an adoptee
myself, I have a lot of gratitude for the work you are doing.
I particularly value your willingness to share your own story,
which adds a lot to the book."
- Bruce Henry, Writer
and Literary Consultant, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 1994
"For 14 years
I’ve been in complete turmoil and overwhelmed with adoption
guilt and shame. Only after reading your book have I really
felt such tremendous relief in knowing others feel exactly
as I do. I took the first deep breath in years and it feels
wonderful!...thank you a million times over for your insight!
- Tracey, Ontario,
Canada, 1996
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Birth
Mothers:
"I enjoyed your
book Adoption Reunions so much that I read it twice."
- Louise, Baulkham
Hills, Australia, 1997
"I have just
finished reading your book Adoption Reunions... It is now
5:30 a.m. and I have been up all night. I am going to read
your book again more slowly this time. It has helped me so
much."
- Barbara, Nova Scotia,
Canada, 1996
"...What a gift
you have given this whole circle of people. ...I found your
book so completely sensitive and gentle. It helped me tremendously.
...Your book was such a validation and acknowledgement of
everything I went through then and am going through now.
"It was wonderful
to see the adoptees’ perspective and the adoptive family’s
views too. ...I am sure, should my search find [my birth daughter],
your sharing all these points of view will make it a more
sensitive encounter."
- Karen, New Hampshire,
U.S.A., 1995
"I am a birth
mother in the middle of the reunion process. ...Your book
gave me a great deal of insight into adoption and an understanding
of all the emotions that go with it. I was so pleased to find
such a straight-forward Canadian book on this subject. I found
the book at the library, read it the same day and the next
day went and found a copy of my own."
- Patricia, Calgary,
Alberta, Canada, 1995
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