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Birthmother Reading
Birthmother Books - List of Recommended Reading
Birthmothers: Women Who Have Relinquished Babies for Adoption Tell Their Stories by Merry Bloch Jones (Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 1993) A carefully explored collection of interviews with birthmothers, this book looks for commonalities of experience and is honest without being angry or hopeless.
Shattered Dreams--Lonely Choices: Birthparents of Babies with Disabilities Talk about Adoption by Joanne Finnegan (Westport, CT: Bergin & Garvey, 1993). This unique resource of guidance and support for birthfamilies who find themselves needing to consider alternatives (parenting, abortion, adoption) for a baby born with disabilities they feel unprepared to deal with shares the stories of several couples. Offers clear guidance for medical and mental health professionals serving such couples and will help prospective adoptive parents understand the dilemmas of such birthparents.
Out of the Shadows: Birthfathers' Stories by Mary Martin Mason. (Edina, MN: O.J. Howard Publishing, 1995) A collection of stories about the experiences of birthfathers.
A Birthparentâs Book of Memories by Brenda Romanchik (R-Squared Press) A fill-in-the-blank journal for a birthparent to give the child placed for adoption. This attractive, fill-in-the-blanks book will make it easier for birthparents to tell their children about their family. It's designed to give the child a better understanding of who his or her birthparent is as well as a sense of his or her birthfamily's history.
Birthmothers by Merry Block Jones (Chicago Review, 1993) - This book covers issues common to all birthmothers. Through interviews of over thirty birthmothers, the author gives a human face to birthmoms.
Birthparent Grief by Brenda Romanchik (R-Squared Press, 1999) - Placing a child for adoption is a huge loss that few understand. Ms. Romanchik, a birthmother, takes the mystery out of the experience by helping birthparents define the loss and understand the grieving process. Not only for birthparents, this is a great book for anyone who wants to help a birthparent through a very difficult time.
Being a Birthparent: Finding our place by Brenda Romanchik (R-Squared Press, 1999) - Open adoption has taken birthparents out of the closet and into the normal, everyday lives of adoptive families. What does it mean to be a birthparent in an open adoption? How has this experience changed us and how does it effect the other parts of our lives? These are just some of the questions answered in this enlightening guide.
Pregnant? Adoption is an Option? by Jeanne Lindsay (Morning Glory Press, 1997) - Really good at exploring the emotional issues in choosing to place a child for adoption.
Your Rights and Responsibilities: For expectant parents exploring adoption by Brenda Romanchik (R-Squared Press, 1999) - This guide book helps expectant parents considering adoption understand the "system" by exploring their legal and ethical rights and responsibilities. Includes sections on adoption law and policy, things to know about the hospital stay, foster care and much more...
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