Being Adopted: The Lifelong Search for SelfAs recently as a generation ago, being adopted seemed no different from being raised by one's birth family. In recent years, however, studies have shown that being adopted can color many aspects of the adoptee's life. This ground-breaking book uses the voices of adoptees to trace the experience over a lifetime. |
Contents
Prologue | 1 |
The Context of Adoption | 7 |
InfancyThe First Year of Life | 25 |
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