Adoption Unfiltered: Revelations from Adoptees, Birth Parents, Adoptive Parents, and Allies

Adoption Unfiltered provides a candid look at the challenges and perspectives of adoptees, adopters, and birth parents, aiming to move towards healing through truth and transparency.

Format: Hardback
Length: 330 pages
Publication date: 01 December 2023
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Adoption Unfiltered is a groundbreaking book that delves into the raw and candid thoughts and feelings of those most directly involved in adoptions: the adoptee, the adopters, and the birth parents.

The authors, Sara Easterly (adoptee), Kelsey Vander Vliet Ranyard (birth parent), and Lori Holden (adoptive parent), have conducted extensive interviews with over 30 adoptees, 20 birth parents, a dozen adoptive parents, and several industry professionals. These individuals share their personal experiences and insights, offering a comprehensive and nuanced understanding of the challenges and complexities of adoption.

While finding common ground in the sometimes-contentious space of adoption may seem like a lofty goal, Adoption Unfiltered reveals the authors' optimistic aim: working together with truth and transparency to move toward healing.

Flipping the typical script, in which adoptive parents take the lions share of the narrative, Adoption Unfiltered leads with adoptee stories, then moves on to stories of challenges and perspectives of birth parents, who are often marginalized and silent. The third section offers narratives from adoptive parents who are working through their unique challenges.

We also hear from adoption professionals, who share the challenges of operating ethically amid rampant unethical practices in the unregulated world of finding infants and children for homes.

Finally, we hear from activists and adoption-competent therapists, offering their ideas to make adoption policies and practices better for all involved.

Adoption is a beautiful experience, but it also has its challenges, just like any other relationship or family system. The unique perspectives found in Adoption Unfiltered can help to smooth out the rough spots, celebrate the joys, and provide comfort and confirmation for everyone involved in the adoption journey.

This book is a must-read for anyone who is considering adoption, has been adopted, or is involved in any way in the adoption process. It offers valuable insights and perspectives that can help to improve the outcomes of adoptions for all involved.

Dimension: 216 x 140 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781538174692