Heather McClane
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TRIMUNITY’S SUMMER
ONLINE BOOK STUDY
WHETHER YOU PLAN TO PARTICIPATE OR NOT, PLEASE VOTE FOR THE BOOK
YOU’D MOST LIKE TO READ AND DISCUSS OR SIMPLY OBSERVE AS OTHERS
READ AND DISCUSS WE WILL SEEK AUTHOR PARTICIPATION FOR WHICHEVER
BOOK GETS THE MOST VOTES.
VOTE FOR THE BOOK BY JUNE 20th
We will announce the book on July 1st.
• The Girls Who Went Away by Ann Fessler. "In this deeply moving
and myth-shattering work, Ann Fessler brings out into the open for
the first time the astonishing untold history of the million and a
half women who surrendered children for adoption due to enormous
family and social pressure in the decades before Roe v. Wade. An
adoptee who was herself surrendered during those years and recently
made contact with her mother, Ann Fessler brilliantly brings to
life the voices of more than a hundred women, as well as the spirit
of those times, allowing the women to tell their stories in
gripping and intimate detail."
Birthright by Jean Strauss. "Despite the subtitle, “Birthright” is
not your everyday how-to book. Strauss makes use of controversial
opinions from columnists, authors and others to mirror a debate
that continues years after she first wrote about it, in individual
families, courts and public forums. Whatever our views,
“Birthright” allows us to read side-by-side accounts from all
parties and hear real people in their own words. While
compassionate, Strauss doesn’t shy away from the strong emotions
that many feel about and during search and reunion. Some of the
stories bring tears and others produce an immediate rush of anger,
but each serves the purpose of encouraging us to acknowledge our
own feelings – wherever they fall within the spectrum. As we are
guided through the steps, the author never lets us forget to
consider our motives and the impact our actions (or lack thereof)
might have – not only on ourselves, but also on others.
• Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew by
Sherrie Eldridge. "This extraordinary book, written by a woman who
was adopted herself, gives voice to children's unspoken concerns,
and shows adoptive parents how to free their kids from feelings of
fear, abandonment, and shame."
• Not Remembered, Never Forgotten by Robert Hafetz. "...an
examination of the resolution of an adoptee's emotional memories
and the search for the authentic self."
• LifeGivers by James Gritter. The author "makes the persuasive
case that if the institution of adoption exists to benefit
children, then adopted children are best served when birthparents
and adoptive parents work together to ensure that the birthparents
remain a part of their children’s lives. Gritter challenges us to
treat everyone involved in the adoption process--birthparents;
adoptive families; and, above all, the children--with honor and
respect."
Sponsored by The Adoption Healing Center
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