Resources
Alex Behr, 2008.
New
Living in Adoption’s Emotional Aftermath, New Yorker
‘We Were Once a Family’ Exposes Ills of Child Welfare System, NPR interview with author
Adoptee Bloggers/Authors
JaeRan Kim: Harlow’s Monkey
Victoria DiMartile: Wreckage and Wonder
Angela Tucker: The Adopted Life
Organizations
Asian Pacific American Network of Oregon
Adoptees with Guatemalan Roots
BraveLove (birthmothers resource)
Child Welfare Information Gateway
Families with Children from China - Oregon/WA
Northwest Adoptive Families Association
Northwest Birthmom Group (Facebook)
Oregon Post Adoption Resource Center
General Topics
Hopkins-Best, Mary. Toddler Adoption: The Weaver’s Craft
Pertman, Adam. Adoption Nation: How the Adoption Revolution Is Transforming Our Families
Jerng, Mark C. Claiming Others: Transracial Adoption and National Belonging
Patton, Sandra. Birthmarks: Transracial Adoption in Contemporary America
Purvis, Karyn B., David R. Cross, and Wendy Lyons Sunshine. The Connected Child: Bring Hope and Healing to Your Adoptive Family
Van der Kolk, Bessel. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Domestic Adoption
Ahébéé, Sojourner. “How informal adoptions became a mainstay of African American family life” (radio story, WHYY)
Brodzinsky, David M., and Adam Pertman. Adoption by Lesbians and Gay Men: A New Dimension in Family Diversity
Colbert, Lori, and Joy Jones. The Color of Adopting: Who’s Reaching Out to the Black Community? (published by National Council for Adoption)
Foster Progress. Books about Foster Care (annotated book recommendations)
Guida-Richards, Melissa. What White Parents Should Know about Transracial Adoption: An Adoptee’s Perspective on Its History, Nuances, and Practices
Savage, Dan. The Kid: What Happened After My Boyfriend and I Decided to Go Get Pregnant
Smith, Darron T., Cardell K. Jacobson, and Brenda G. Juárez. White Parents, Black Children: Experiencing Transracial Adoption
Smith, Patti. Patti Smith Looks Back On Life Before She Became The Godmother Of Punk (NPR radio episode)
International Adoption
Evans, Karin. The Lost Daughters of China: Adopted Girls, Their Journey to America, and the Search for a Missing Past
Kim, E. Tammy. “Return Flights.” (NY Review of Books article). Books reviewed: Palimpsest: Documents from a Korean Adoption by Lisa Wool-Rim Sjöblom, translated from the Swedish by Hanna Strömberg, Lisa Wool-Rim Sjöblom, and Richey Wyver. Older Sister. Not Necessarily Related by Jenny Heijun Wills. All You Can Ever Know by Nicole Chung.
Wang, Nanfu, and Jialing Zhang. One Child Nation (documentary)
Wheeler, Jacob R. Between Light and Shadow: A Guatemalan Gir’s Journey through Adoption