First Professional Book Review, in Dutch, English Translation to follow. Many thanks to Dr. Rene Hoksbergen, The Adoption Center, Universtity of Utrect, The Netherlands.
The following was printed in:
LAVA Contact 2010, 2, 21
National Association for Adoptive Parents.
Also in:
INFO Krant (Krant is Journal)
Sept 2010 nr. 110 p 12
Journal of a large adoption orgnaization in The Netherlands.
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| HeatherUK … … | Submitted on 2010/01/04 at 7:10amJoan! If only I had found you sooner! I have to tell you, I’m staying awake until 2am each night because I just don’t want to put your book down! I have no idea where I’ll be when I finish the book, it’s just incredible; moving; absorbing and an intimate portrait of the adoptive experience.I was born in NY State in 1970, adopted by a British Couple who moved back to the UK some years later. I live in the UK with my husband and three children.Much of your writing resonates with me. At the age of 18 I asked for my adoption records and was shocked to learn that, altough UK adult adoptees are able to access their records (and have been able to do so since the early 1970s) the laws of New York State denied me access to mine!I am also shocked and outraged by the continued opposition to equality for adoptees and the blatent defense of discrimination that continues to this day. Perhaps I can see the picture all the more clearer as a resident of another Country with different practises looking in on a system that is appallingly outdated and discriminatory to adopted people.It took me 20 years to get to this point. To shake off the brainwashing of the people who told me I had no rights and was best to leave things well alone. I found my voice because of people like you, Joan, and shall be forever grateful to those who had the courage to speak out and continue to have their voice heard whilst others have yet to find theirs.The men and women who have the strength to lobby for changes in the law to allow information to flow freely – as it is meant to do in a democracy – will receive a HUGE outpouring of thanks from those affected by the issue. We are many. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you for being one of the hugely stong and courageous ones |
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