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Books: General Adoption
- Adopting After Infertility, by Patricia Irwin Johnston (Perspectives Press, 1992).
- Adoption Nation, by Adam Pertman (Basic Books, 2000)
- A Ghost At Heart's Edge: Stories and Poems About Adoption, edited by Susan Ito and Tina Cervin (North Atlantic Books, 1999)
- Ethics in American Adoption, by L. Anne Babb (Bergin and Garvey, 1999)
- Family Matters: Secrecy and Disclosure in the History of Adoption, by E. Wayne Carp (Harvard University Press, 2000)
- Inside Transracial Adoption, by Gail Steinberg and Beth Hall (Perspectives Press, 2000)
- Making Sense of Adoption, by Lois Ruskai Melina (New York: Harper and Row, 1989).
- May The Circle Be Unbroken, by Lynn Franklin (Harmony Books, 1998).
- Raising Adopted Children, by Lois Ruskai Melina (Harper and Row, 1986)
- The Adoption Reader; Birthmothers, Adoptive Mothers and Adopted Daughters Tell their Stories, by Susan Wadia-Ellis (Seal Press, 1995).
- The Adoption Life Cycle: The Children and Their Families Through The Years, by Elinor B. Rosenberg (The Free Press, 1992).
- The Family of Adoption, by Dr. Joyce Maguire Pavao (Beacon Press, 1998)
- The Third Choice: A Woman's Guide to Placing a Child for Adoption, by Leslie Foge, MFT & Gail Mosconi, LCSW (Third Choice Books, 2008)
- Sacred Connections, by Mary Ann Koening and Niki Berg (Running Press, 2000)
Books: Open Adoption
- Adoption Without Fear, By James Gritter (Corona Publishing Co. 1989)
- Children of Open Adoption, by Kathleen Silber and Patricia Martinez Dorner (Corona Publishing Co. 1989)
- Cooperative Adoption, by Mary Jo Rillera and Sharon Kaplan (Triadoption Publications, 1985)
- Dear Birthmother, by Kathleen Silber and Phylis Speedlin (Corona Publishing Co. 1991)
- How To Open An Adoption, by Patricia Martinez Dorner (available through R-Square Press, 1997)
- Openness in Adoption: Exploring Family Connections, by Harold D. Grotevant and
Ruth G. Mc Roy. (Sage Publications, 1998) - The Open Adoption Experience, by Lois Melina and Sharon Kaplan-Roszia (Harper Perennial, 1993)
- The Spirit of Open Adoption, by James Gritter (Child Welfare League of America, 1997)