• Read it. Listen.

    Many personal stories and books have inspired me along the journey to answer Who Am I?

    Here are just a few…

    Are you more into podcasts? Check this one out!

    Adoption: The Making of Me

  • Adoption Memoirs.

    All You Can Ever Know,
    Nicole Chung

    You Don’t Look Adopted,
    Anne Heffron

    Twice Born: Memoirs of an Adopted Daughter, Betty Jean Lifton

    Ithaka: A Daughter’s Memoir of Being Found, Sarah Saffian

    Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?, Jeanette Winterson

  • Other Memoirs.

    The Heart and Other Monsters,
    Rose Anderson

    Somebody’s Daughter,
    Ashley C. Ford

    Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail, Cheryl Strayed

    The Glass Castle,
    Jeannette Walls

    Educated,
    Tara Westover

  • Adoption Non-Fiction.

    The Girls Who Went Away,
    Ann Fessler

    American Baby,
    Gabrielle Glaser

    Kinship by Design,
    Ellen Herman

    The Primal Wound,
    Nancy Newton Verrier

    The Baby Scoop Era,
    Karen Wilson-Buterbaugh

Links.

Have questions regarding adoption history, adoption legislation and the U.S. closed adoption system? Here are some of my go-to links.

 

The Adoption History Project

A comprehensive website devoted to adoption history.

Bastard Nation

An adoptee rights organization and a good resource for up-to-date legislation and advocacy efforts.

Adoptees United

An organization led by adoptees to represent the interests of all adoptees.

Adoptee Rights Law Center

An adoptee-driven law center with a focus on navigating the challenges of securing original birth certificates and U.S. citizenship.