Adoption Books for Adults

Here are member-written reviews of Adoption books intended for adults, mostly adoptive parents seeking more insights into adoption issues that their children may experience. Each review expresses the member's personal opinion and is not to be considered an endorsement or rejection of the book.

Our goal is to offer insights into a book's content before you buy, as there are a variety of options out there.

For consistency, and to help you find each book, our reviewers have tried to include the following information:

• Book Title
• Author
• Publisher
• Copywrite Date
• Target Age Group (pre-school, early elementary, older elementary, teen)
• Adoption Topics (interracial, international, physical differences, family differences)
• Synopsis
• Comments

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Reviews...

	Identical Strangers: A Memoir of Twins Separated and Reunited, by Elyse Schein and Paula Bernstein Reviewed by Patty B., Celebrate Adoption's professional facilitator and parent of two adopted children Elyse Schein contacts the adoption agency that placed her to gain information about her birth, only to learn she had an identical twin that was placed for adoption with another adoptive family. Read more...
	The Forgotten Garden: A Novel, by Kate Morton Reviewed by Patty B., Celebrate Adoption's professional facilitator and parent of two adopted children Nell learns at the age of 21 that she is not the daughter of the parents who raised her. The story follows Nell’s incomplete search to another continent and time. It is not until her granddaughter picks up the search that the mystery of her past is fully revealed. Read more...