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, published in 1979 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
My first hardcover book was published in 1991. In 1995, my book, SEARCH FOR PAUL DAVID, became available. My last hardcover is an expanded, revised edition, published by Schenkman Books in 1998 (Trumpi).