Erin was adopted at the age of four months by a loving couple. This book presents realistic factual information on the topic. An account of her own search for roots and identity can be found in Candle in the Mirror.
The facts speak for themselves and illustrate how the adopted person, adoptive families and biological connections all have to adapt to the changes adoption introduces to their life. How individuals cope with such adaptation can be assisted with fulsome knowledge on the potential for ramifications in each member of the adoption triad.
There is a useful section for those people who may be connected to any member of the adoption triad as to how they can gain understanding and empathy. This is particularly relevant to partners and spouses of an adopted person who may feel at a loss as to how they can help.
Search and reunion are scenes from our shared humanity not the blissfully happy outcomes fed to us by the media. Such scenarios can include rejection.
A useful read for anyone not only those within the world of adoption.
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