The author of the adoptees bible, Lost and Found , explores the
inner psychological world of adopted people and shows how the
search for biological roots can be a journey toward wholeness..
Betty Jean Lifton, whose Lost and Found has become a bible to
adoptees and to those who would understand the adoption experience,
explores further the inner world of the adopted person. She breaks
new ground as she traces the adopted childs lifelong struggle to
form an authentic sense of self. And she shows how both the
symbolic and the literal search for roots becomes a crucial part of
the journey toward wholeness.
關於作者:
Betty Jean Lifton, Ph.D., has done extensive research and
counseling with all members of the adoption triad. She is the
author of several books on adoption, including Twice Born: Memoirs
of an adopted Daughter and Lost and Found: The Adoption Experience,
as well as a young adult novel, I’m Still Me, and a children’s
book, Tell Me a Real Adoption Story. She is also the author of The
King of Children: A Biography of Janusz Korczak and A Place Called
Hiroshima.
目錄:
Part I
THE SELF IN CRISIS
1 Betwixt and Between
2 The MotheredMotherless Self
3 The Conspiracy of Silence
4 The Hidden Relationship
5 The Broken Narrative
6 Artificial Self, Forbidden Self
7 Stuck in the Life Cycle
8 The Antisocial Tendency
9 The Adult Child
Part II
THE SELF IN SEARCH
10 The Call to Self
11 Alternate Reality
12 The Painted Bird
13 The FatheredFatherless Self
14 The Found Adoptee
15 The Mark of Oedipus
16 The Adoption Tie
Part III
THE SELF IN TRANSFORMATION
17 Becoming Whole
The Best Interests of the Adopted Child
Resources
The Adoption
Reform Network
National Umbrella
Network of the
Adoption Reform Movement
Birth Parent
Support Groups
National and
International Registries
Adoptive Parent
Groups
Periodicals
ResourceReferralCounseling Organizations
Recommended
Reading
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index