- Paperback
- Publisher: Corona Publishing Co.; 3 edition (December 1998)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0931722209
- ISBN-13: 978-0931722202
- Product Dimensions: 22.7 x 15.2 x 1.7 cm
- Shipping Weight: 318 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #517,676 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Book Description
This is the third revised edition of the open adoption classic recommended by the Child Welfare League of America. Gently provocative, warm and convincing, this open adoption guide includes actual letters between adoptive parents and birthparents, and between the latter and the children they have
About the Author
Kathleen Silber was born and reared in Stockton, California, graduated from the University of California at Davis and received her Master's degree in Social Welfare from the University of California at Berkeley. She is nationally known for her pioneering work in open adoption. Kathleen and her husband and two children live in California, where she is Associate Executive Director of the Independent Adoption Center in Pleasant Hill.
Phylis Speedlin, a native of Steubenville, Ohio, attended the Presbyterian School of Nursing in Pittsburgh and received her nursing degree from Incarnate Word College in San Antonio. After four years as a U.S. Army nurse, she took a law degree and practices now in San Antonio. She has two daughters who entered her life through adoption.
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Dear Birthmother, which was initially published in 1982, explores some of the myths in adoption and details the evolution of open adoption, from letter exchanges to face-to-face meetings and ongoing contact. Read the first page
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Back Cover
Dear Birthmother, which was initially published in 1982, explores some of the myths in adoption and details the evolution of open adoption, from letter exchanges to face-to-face meetings and ongoing contact. Read the first page
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Open adoption -- so many opportunities,
By A Customer
This review is from: Dear Birthmother: Thank You for Our Baby (Paperback)
This book allowed my husband and I to understand the evolution of open adoption -- what we now believe to be natural adoption. More importantly, "Dear Birthmother" described adoption from the perspective of birthmothers, which was a critical viewpoint for us hear while we were trying to also understand the concept of openness in adoption. When we were first considering adoption, we thought we'd want a "safe" experience where we'd only meet the birthmom and then she'd disappear. This book helped us see the range of openness that might be possible, as well as how closed adoption might feel instead. After reading this book and sharing many conversations about the idea of openness, our child was born and we began to experience the growth of our amazing, loving extended family that included our child's birthparents and birthgrandparents. How lucky we ALL began to feel. Now, during the wait for our second adoption, this book reminds me of how sure we are of open adoption and the abiding respect we have for the birthmother of our first child born to us through adoption.
2.0 out of 5 stars
a poor gift for perspective birthmothers,
By "laughinglover" (North Carolina) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Dear Birthmother: Thank You for Our Baby (Paperback)
I was one of many birth-mothers who received a copy of this book when considering open adoption. It seemed to be written for the adoptive perents to persuade them into open adption. The Open Adoption Experiance and The Other Mother are much better choices for birthmothers, and really give them the information they would need to make an informed choice.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Speaking as a birth mother,
By A Customer
This review is from: Dear Birthmother: Thank You for Our Baby (Paperback)
As a birth mother I received this book from my son's adoptive mother. Reading through the pages was like reliving my experience all over again, but this time my tears were of joy. Thank you for creating a book that acknowledges bmoms & lets them know that they aren't alone even if it does feel like it.
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