Lost and found the adoption Experience - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0803750366 ISBN 13 : 9780803750364

Synopsis

Book by Lifton Betty Jean

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Rich in insight and compassion, Lost and Found is an eloquent exploration of the psychological issues faced by adoptees and by all children who have been separated from a parent and denied the right to know their true origins. Betty Jean Lifton, herself an adoptee, draws upon her own experience and her extensive work with adoptees, birth mothers and fathers, and adoptive parents to explore the harmful effects of secrecy on the identity of a child and the liberating possibilities of openness. A new Preface links the psychology of the adopted to that of babies born of surrogacy and other reproductive technologies. And a new Afterword explores the most recent developments in the adoption field, such as post-adoption counseling, open adoption, and the controversy around the adoption syndrome. The author concludes with a code of rights and responsibilities for everyone in the adoption circle, along with an updated list of support groups and counseling clinics for the adoption triad in the United States and Canada.

Biographie de l'auteur

Author and playwright Betty Jean Lifton is a leading advocate for adoption reform and an adoption counselor. Her books include Twice Born: Memoirs of an Adopted Daughter, the novel I'm Still Me, and, most recently, The King of Children: A Biography of Janusz Korczak. She lives with her husband, the author and psychiatrist Robert Jay Lifton, in New York City.

Détails de l'édition

• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0803750366
• ISBN 13: 9780803750364
• Reliure: Relié
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible