BIOGRAPHIES:

 

Andrew, You Died Too Soon: A Family Experience of Grieving and Loving Again   (About an adoptee's suicide, told by adoptive mother.)

 

A Birthmother's Journey,  Paperback – March 24, 2012

by Joan Romeo (Author)

 

Because I Loved You: A Birthmother's View of Open Adoption, Paperback

by Patricia Dischler

 

Birthbond: Reunions Between Birthparents and Adoptees — What Happens After,  Paperback – October 15, 1991

by Judith S. Gediman (Author), Linda P. Brown (Author)

 

Choiceless: A Birthmother's Story of Love, Loss & Reunion

 By Ruby Lee Cornelius

 

Finding Family: My Search for Roots and the Secrets in My DNA,  Paperback – September 29, 2017

by Richard Hill (Author)

 

Giving Away Simone   (Great reading for those in open adoption.)

 

Here and There Loving You Always: A book about an open adoption from a birthmother to her child.  Hardcover – May 5, 2017

by Beverly Reynolds (Author, Illustrator)

 

I Hope You Have a Good Life: A True Story of Love, Loss and Redemption   (Both birthmother and daughter die of cancer after reunion.)

 

I WOULD HAVE SEARCHED FOREVER

By Sandra Musser

 

Letting Go Again: A Birth Mother's Tale of Adoption, Reunion, Separation and Growth,  Paperback – 2015

by Kimberly Smythe

 

 Lonely Child, The: The Journey of Search to Find My Biological Family Paperback – August 1, 2018

by Susan Moyer (Author)

 

Mary & Me Beyond the Canvas: An Extraordinary Story of Adoption, Loss, and Reunion,  Paperback – June 25, 2013

by Susan Van Sleet   Excellent author and exquisite artistry (sketches)

 

Other Mother, The;  (An archetypal tale by a birthmother.)

 

Reunion: A Year in Letters Between a Birthmother and the Daughter She Couldn't Keep   (Birthmother and daughter share similarities.)

 

Search for Paul David

 

Single Square Picture: A Korean Adoptee's Search for Her Roots

 

Thank You Son for Finding Me: A Birthmother's Story   (Birthmother gets special-delivery letter, and painful memories mix with joy.)

 

Waiting to Forget   (A birthmother's well-written story of relinquishment, including the typical stay in a maternity home.)

 

OTHER:

Adoption Reunion Survival Guide: Preparing Yourself for the Search, Reunion and Beyond

 

Twenty Life-Transforming Choices Adoptees Need to Make

 

Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Parents Knew