Kinship with Strangers

“As the members of the adoption triad tell their stories, certain motifs appear that organize each person’s experience of adoptive kinship and at the same time offer a profound critique of American adoption policies. “Surrender” is the dominant motif for birthparents, while “love at first sight’ captures an adoptive parent’s sense of parenthood. For the adoptee, “telling” is central–the moment when one learns one is not “like everyone else.” Modell’s book not only presents the personal side of an increasingly urgent and public debate but also demonstrates the persistence of these debates.”

Status: 2 in stock (can be backordered)

Number of Pages: 280

Published: 1994

Publisher: University of California Press

Format: Hardcover

ISBN: 0520081188

ID#: 2742

DC#: 362.734 M