Books
2025-2026 Must-Reads: Six Adoption Books That Crack Open Family Secrets and Tell Our Truths, Plus a Bonus Book
Every year, I seek out books that speak our truth loud and proud. I am happy to report that 2025-2026 is delivering five remarkable books jammed full of adoption and DNA surprise t…
“Grief... A Comedy” - AKA an Epic Love Story from Alison Larkin
“I tell them I understand how terrifying it can be, for someone who has been abandoned to trust in love, but after 50 years, I’ve finally taken the leap, and I have never – ever – …
AWP & More Eggcellent Adoption Books for Your Spring Reading
Discover adoption books for your spring reading by and about adoptees. From Alice Stephens' "Famous Adopted People" to emerging voices in adoption literature.
TWICE THE ADOPTION MEMOIR: An Adoptee Twin Doubles Down on Her Adoption Story
Adoption Book Review: An Adoption Memoir of Love, Loss, and Sisterhood” by Julie Ryan McGue,, Available Feb. 4, 2025 | Memoir / Nonfiction
2024 Gave Us 15 Powerful Adoption Books: The Hits and Hidden Gems"
As we reflect on 2024's remarkable contributions to adoption literature, I'm struck by the depth, courage, and compassion these authors bring to our community's ongoing conversatio…
A Dozen Shareable Doozies: 12 Gretchen Sisson Quotes on Adoption
12 Gretchen Sisson Quotes from a recent discussion of "RELINGQUISHED: The Politics of Adoption and the Privilege of American Motherhood."
Let's Talk Memoir Writing: A Sneak Peek at "The Power of Memoir to Heal Your Heart and Claim Your Story."
This year’s virtual conference is titled "Honoring the Past, Treasuring the Present, Shaping the Future." So it seems fitting that I will present a session on memoir writing titled…
"Parallel Universes" by David B. Bohl - An Adoptee Memoir to Remember
Like the sailboats dotting David’s life, his story glides across the page; a sturdy hull gracefully parting the sea of his dark past, propelled by resilience, telltales of truth le…
Summer Reading: The Adoption Memoirs Inside this Adoptee’s Beach Bag
“Where better to read an adoption memoir than on the beach in front of my childhood home,” I thought, stuffing more books than I knew I’d be able to make time for into my suitcase.…
Eight Books That Healed This Adoptee's Heart
Books to help adoptees heal core adoption issues, including adoption trauma, abandonment, attachment, loss, grief, and identity.