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Books by Adoptees or that portray adoption experiences
 
Adopted from Asia : How It Feels to Grow Up in America
By Francis Koh
One of the first published book on post adoption experiences.

Being Adopted: The Lifelong Search for Self
By David Brodzinsky
Combines psychological and educational theory to construct a model of the normal yet unique stages and adjustments that adoptees make as they grow from infancy to adulthood.

Children of Asian American
By Sandra S. Yamate, Gene H. Mayeda
C
ontemporary poems and children's stories blend with black and white photography by Mayeda to explore Asian children's experiences and concerns. Children from Thai, Vietnamese, and other Asian communities as well as bi-racial Asian-American families form the basis for various multicultural themes in this excellent collection.

 

Cry Korea Cry
By Ty Pak
A beautifully crafted thriller about a mixed-blood Korean War orphan, who calls himself Moo Moo... which in Korean means "nothing".

Growing Up Asian American
By Maria Hong (Editor)
A cornucopia of stories and essays on the Asian American experience. Here, in thirty-two eloquent stories and essays, today's Asian American writers share their thoughts and feelings on growing up in a culture not their own.

I Wish for You a Beautiful Life: Letters from the Korean Birth Mothers of Ae Ran Won to Their Children
By Sara Dorow (Editor)
This is the first book to explain from an international prespective, the complex issues of birthmothers and the lifelong influnces they have on the children they release for adoption. "Caution" not meant for young children.

Premonitions : The Kaya Anthology of New Asian North American Poetry
By Walter K. Lew (Editor)
A 500 page collection of poetry from Asian American/Canadian poets. Includes poetry by Christian Langworthy a Vietnamese-American Adoptee.

Seeds from a Silent Tree: An Anthology By Korean Adoptees
By Tonya Bishoff (Editor), Jo Rankin (Editor)
New post adoption book by adoptees and their adoptive experiences.

Touched By Adoption Vol.2
By Blair, M. Matthews
A collection of adoption stories written by adoptees, birthparents, adoptive parents, and friends of the adoption triad.

 

The Unforgotten War (Dust of the Streets)
By Thomas Park Clement
A
small publication only available through Truepeny Publishing Company at 1-877-805-3102 (toll free) $11.95 plus S/H

Very interesting book about an adoptee's life through his eyes, from Korea as an orphan to adulthood in America with his adoptive family and his life.
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