Growing up Again : Parenting ourselves Parenting our Children. Jean Clarke and Connie Dawson (1989) Hazleton: Minnesota

The Girls Who Went Away: A hidden story of women who surrendered children for adoption in the decades before Roe Vs Wade Ann Fessler (2006) Penguin Press: New York

The Other Mother. Carole Schaefer 1990) Soho Press: New York

Journey of the Adopted Self. Betty Jean Lifton (1994) Basic Books: New York

How Can I Forgive You? The Courage to Forgive and the Freedom Not To. Janis Abrams Spring (2004) Harper Collins: New York

Coming Home to Self: The Adopted Child Grows Up. Nancy Verrier (2003) Gateway Press: Baltimore

Becoming Attached: First relationships and how they shape our capacity to love. Robert Karen (1998) Oxford University Press: New York

Being Adopted: The Lifelong Search for Self. David Broadzinsky, Marshall Schecter, Robin Marantz. (1992) Doubleday: New York

Twenty Things Adopted Kids wish their Adoptive Parents Knew. Sherry Eldridge(1999) Random House: USA

Family Secrets:The Path to Self Acceptance and Reunion. John Bradshaw (1995) Bantam Books: Canada and USA

Family Ties that Bind: A Self Help Guide to Change through Family of Origin Therapy. Ron Richardson (1986) Self-Counsel Press: Vancouver