This book explores what happens in the long term when adopted adults search for - or are searched for by - their birth relatives. Based on research carried out with over 500 adopted people, the book examines the process of searching for identity: being "told" and openess about origins; the adoption experience; feelings of difference and belonging; tracing relatives; being rejected; the reunion experience and beyond. It also examines the particular dynamics of adoptions between people of different racial origins.
- ISBN10 189978330X
- ISBN13 9781899783304
- Publish Date 19 April 2000
- Publish Status Unknown
- Out of Print 16 April 2014
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint The Children's Society
- Format Paperback
- Pages 192
- Language English