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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.
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ANY PEOPLE IDENTIFY WITH THE FAMILIAR condition of being Betwixt and Between, just as they identify with Peter Pan, the boy who did not want to grow up and face the responsibilities of the real world. Read the first page
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ANY PEOPLE IDENTIFY WITH THE FAMILIAR condition of being Betwixt and Between, just as they identify with Peter Pan, the boy who did not want to grow up and face the responsibilities of the real world. Read the first page
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
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Journey of the Adopted Self is truly an inspiring book that spoke not only to me the adult, but also me the child. I am an adoptee who didn't think that adoption affected my overall self until I began to read about *me* between the pages of this book. Identifying with and understanding the psyche of a baby separated from its mother early, I realized that I had always wanted to be cradled when things were difficult in life, that I always wanted to meet someone who could take care of me but was afraid of rejection, and my "natural" instinct to distance my adoptive mother from me may have been my reaction to being separated at birth from my natural mother. This book also described my adoptive brother who seems "stuck" in his evolving into an adult. As I have begun a reunion with my birthmother, my adoptive mother and I have become closer, and with the help of this book, I've been able to be exposed to other points of view objectively instead of just reacting to situations. I truly feel that this is a book that will help adoptees not only cope with the issues of being adopted, but will help heal the invisible scars on our hearts.
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
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This book by Betty Jean Lifton is an eye opening experiance for all that may read it. Things became clear to me after reading this book. I have read many books on the subject of adoption and this is the only one that has been the most apealing and helpful to me as an adoptee. Yet my adoptive mother has also read it and thought it was an exceptional book. I could not really explian how I felt or why till I read "Journy of the Adoptive Self." People don't think a book could have so much impact on a sixteen year old. But, this book was my life saver when I hit rock bottom. So, I highly recomend this book to adoptees, adoptive parents and birth parents of all ages. Give it a chance you will see what I am talking about.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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As an adoptive mother, this book was very helpful as I tried to help my daughter in her search for self. It gave words to feelings that were very difficult for all of us to understand. I feel very fortunate to have some idea, at least, of what she is dealing with and trying to work through. It feels good to be a part of the process in whatever way I can to support her, and this book has enabled us to once again talk about what is important.
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I am normal after all
This book was scary to read, it was as if someone had jumped inside my head and written it all down in a book. Read more
Published 12 months ago by S. Bogusz
The best ever book for adoptees
What a fantastic book!
If you are adopted or an adopter this book will put you in the picture and I cannot tell you how much it helped! Read more
If you are adopted or an adopter this book will put you in the picture and I cannot tell you how much it helped! Read more
Published on 22 Dec 2009 by M. Smith
Interesting, emotional and true...
I couldn't wait to get this book after reading some other reviews. It is not an easy read partly due to the style it is written in and also because a lot of it rang very true. Read more
Published on 2 Aug 2009 by MD
Revelations & Explanations
This is the first adoption book I have read - long overdue. I couldn't put it down. It charts the journey of adoptee through instantly recognisable stages, providing descriptions... Read more
Published on 12 July 2008 by Fiona Burness
my emotional bible
I have searched and found. thankyou jan for encouraging me if it weren't for you i would not have found BJT. Read more
Published on 6 July 2000
Adoptee heritage: deliberately & forcibly kept secret
Some may argue that there is nothing "unwhole" about adoptees. Then again, some people are wildly outraged by adoptees searching - those people usually threatened... Read more
Published on 4 July 1999
Still the best adoptee book
Betty Jean Lifton has written a graceful and useful narrative of what it feels like to be an adopted adult under the sealed records system that has prevailed in the US for the... Read more
Published on 28 Jun 1999
Making A Big Deal Out Of Nothing
When one reads a book about "A Quest For Wholeness," it's quickly apparent that the author is projecting her lack of "wholeness" on others. Read more
Published on 8 Mar 1999
A Riveting Read - I couldn't put it down!
Journey of the Adopted Self is a book that helped to intellectualize many of the issues I have felt as an adoptee. Dr. Read more
Published on 19 Feb 1999
I found the viewpoint too narrow.
As a reunited birth father attempting to gain some insight into my children's experience I was very disappointed in this book. Read more
Published on 16 Sep 1998
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