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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 306 EAN: 9780963648006 ISBN: 0963648004 Label: Nancy Verrier Manufacturer: Nancy Verrier Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 231 Publication Date: 1993-04 Publisher: Nancy Verrier Studio: Nancy Verrier Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Biggest Load of Bunk EverThis book is why adoptees are seen by the public as "troubled". Not all of us feel the so-called "Primal Wound", and I for one, am insulted by almost every sentence in it. My birth mother thinks this book and its author are akin to the second coming, but I say, why not think for yourself? You don't need a book (and a poor one at that) to tell you how you feel. Rating:  - A revelationAs an adoptive parent of an older child, I've found this book to be a complete and total validation. No doubt there are adoptions that go off without a hitch, and I also have no doubt that some children adjust quite well, thank you very much. But our experience, while wonderful, has also been quite difficult, for all the reasons explained in this book. My child most definitely has transferred anger directed at the birth mother to me. I've become a more patient and much more ... Read More Rating: - unsettling, worth reading, and very worth questioningI am the adoptive mother of a four year old and and the bio mother of a 2 and half year old. There are some interesting and helpful stories in here, but I am very concerned how the author takes her experience as first an adoptive mother, and then a biological mother, and assumes that she speaks for all adoptive parents. I think she might not have dealt with her own infertility..because there is a really OBNOXIOUS statement in the books where she says "..and for those of use who are biological ... Read More Rating: - Wow amazing and wonderful book!Simply amazing and wonderful book for anyone involved in the adoption triad. Opened up my eyes to things I never thought of before. Thank you for publishing this book. It is a hard read at times, but a must read. Rating: - excellent book this book is great for individuals or families who have struggled or are struggling with adoption issues. |
