Recommendations from TxCARE Members & Friends

Adoption Nation: How the Adoption Revolution Is Transforming America
Hardcover, 288 Pages, Basic Books, November 2000
ISBN: 0465056504
Author: Pertman, Adam
Reviews: "Outstanding! This exciting, innovative book is a must read for adoptive parents, for everyone considering adopting, and for the millions of Americans-including professionals-who touch the lives of adoptive families. Adoption Nation is a remarkable book that I would like to put in the hands of everyone in the nation." Jane Nast, President, American Adoption Congress
"After 27 years as a social worker involved in child placement I can firmly say that Adoption Nation is a book whose time has come, finally! This past year has seen major advances toward a more dignified adoption practice in the US. The rights of adult adoptees being slowly but increasingly written into law and acknowledged in the media. Adoption Nation helps to explain this process. It documents very well the painful history of adoption practice in the US. It is well written and for me was very exciting reading. This story had to be told! This book is must reading for anyone involved in the adoption process, birth parents, adoptive parents, and the adoptees they love. Anyone with adoption triad members involved in their lives should read this book. It will help them understand the basic human issues of adoption that this book addresses in very tasteful stories throughout. This book should be REQUIRED reading for social workers and anyone else who is planning to work in child placement. It should be read BEFORE any damage is done with a poorly planned adoption. Finally, this book must be read by our legislators. If they read and understand it then all the adoption laws in the US will be changed within the year to return the fundamental right to a birth hertiage to all adult adoptees, a right which was removed slowly, state by state, over the past 50 years. With this book the reversal of that process will continue to gather speed! Thank you Adam Pertman! I hope to meet you someday and thank you in person." Bill Betzen, TxCARE Board Member

The Adoption Triangle: Sealed or Opened Records: How They Affect Adoptees, Birthparents & Adoptive Parents
Trade Paperback, 236 Pages, Edition Number 02, Corona Publishing Company, December 1989
ISBN: 0931722594
Author: Baran, Annette / Sorosky, Arthur D. / Pannor, Reuben
Review: "A great book!" Gwinetta C., TxCARE Member
"Learn about all sides of the adoption triangle. Based on 1,000 interviews." Anonymous

Out of the Shadows: Birthfathers' Stories
Trade Paperback, 270 Pages, Howard, O. J. Publishing, July 1995
ISBN: 0964625911
Author: Mason, Mary M.; Photographer: Silberberg, Amy
(Note: This title usually ships in 1-6 weeks, but must be ordered from the publisher. From time to time, publishers run out of stock or declare titles out of print without notice.)
Review: "In adoption, most of the time you hear and read stories about the birth mother, adoptee and the adoptive parents. This book is a collection of true stories about birthfathers. 'Men who become fathers but who may never get to hear their children call them Daddy.' It's a must read by every member of the Triad." Penny M., TxCARE Member