Lost Daughters: Writing Adoption from a Place of Empowerment and Peace is now available in ebook format with print copies forthcoming, on
Amazon.com.
This anthology, boasting nearly 30 Lost Daughters authors,
was edited by Amanda H.L. Transue-Woolston, Julie Stromberg, Karen Pickell, and
Jennifer Anastasi. It features a collection of writings aimed to bring readers
the perspectives of adopted women and highlight their strength, resiliency, and
wisdom.
In his review, Addison Cooper, blogger at, “Adoption at the Movies,” says:
Lost Daughters: Writing Adoption from a Place of Empowerment and Peace gathers the well-articulated stories of around two dozen adult women who have been adopted. The stories shared are powerful and painful, open and honest, and realistically complex. No one is standing on a soapbox; these are real, lived experiences that the Lost Daughters continue to process, understand, and share. The book does not tell adoptees or adoptive parents how to feel, it simply believes that “the voices of adult adoptees make adoption better.”
Again… conversation can bring about understanding. Understanding creates interpersonal health.That’s why I write Adoption at the Movies. That’s why the Lost Daughters write. That’s why people read stuff like this. We are all taking steps in the right direction in an emotionally loaded situation, forgoing polarizing polemics in favor of insightful, honest, and considered dialogue. And I think this is the road that will lead to healing for those who have been hurt through adoption, and to better experiences for the people yet to be adopted. Adoptees can find healing and community; adoptive parents can make better choices, social workers like me can learn to be more sensitive. This is a good book, and I hope it's joined by many others like it.
Read the free sample of this book that contains the entire Table
of Contents and some sample chapters, here.
Purchase the book, here.
