Saying Goodbye to a Baby: The Birthparent's Guide to Loss & Grief in Adoption

by Patricia Roles

Book Overview

This moving book deals with birthparent grief at many different stages. Contents include the original adoption decision, living with the decision, the adoption triangle, searching and reunions, guilt... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0878683879
• ISBN13: 9780878683871
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: CWLA Press (Child Welfare League of America)
• Length: 2 Pages
• Weight: 0.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

A must-read for any birthparent at any point of experience.

This book was such an eye opener for me. I realized that so much of what I went thru after I gave my son up for adoption was completely normal.My thanks and appreciation to Patricia Roles for sharing her experience and wisdom in this book.

A great book for all women considering adoption

I am planning on placing my baby for adoption and I have found this book very helpful in knowing what is to come, in terms of the grief I will be experiencing after the baby's placement. It is quite thorough and and covers many aspects of adoption from a birthmother's point of view, from making the decision, to the baby's birth, to dealing with feelings after placement. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who is considering adoption for their baby.