In this practical book, Michelle McColm takes the adoptee and birth parent carefully through the process of adoption reunion; drawing on extensive interviews an

By comparing a group of adopted people who searched for birth relatives, with a group who did not, this is the first study to provide real answers to the fascin

The book describes the experiences that people have had when tracing their birth parents, as well as offering practical advice on how to go about searching and

What happens when an adoptee decides to locate a birthparent or a birthparent wants to find a child given up long ago? How does one search for people whose name