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Being Adopted: The Lifelong Search for Self

by David M. Brodzinsky, Robin Marantz Henig, Marshall D. Schecter · 1992

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Like Passages, this groundbreaking book uses the poignant, powerful voices of adoptees and adoptive parents to explore the experience of adoption and its lifelong effects. A major work, filled with astute analysis and moving truths.

Subject
self-helppsychology
Themes
adoptionparenting
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 224 pages

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