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Lost and Found: The Adoption Experience [Paperback]

Betty Jean Lifton (Author)
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  • Paperback: 322 pages
  • Publisher: HarperPerennial; Reprint edition (31 Mar 1988)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0060971320
  • ISBN-13: 978-0060971328
  • Product Dimensions: 13.4 x 2.1 x 20.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,045,133 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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The first edition of Betty Jean Lifton's "Lost and Found" advanced the adoption rights movement in this country in 1979, challenging many states' policies of maintaining closed birth records. For nearly three decades the book has topped "Recommended Reading" lists for those who seek to understand the effects of adoption - including adoptees, adoptive parents, birth parents, and their friends and families.This expanded and updated edition, with new material on the controversies concerning adoption and new reproductive technologies, continues to add to the discussion on this important topic. A new preface and afterword by the author have been added, as well as a greatly expanded Resources section that in addition to relevant organizations now lists useful websites and blogs as well. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A must-read for adoptees who are searching/reunited 23 Jun 1999
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Most Triadians (adoptees, birth parents, adoptive parents) know that BJ Lifton is one of the definitive voices on adoption issues, and this book is one of my personal favorites of hers. If you buy no other search/reunion book, this is the one to have IMO.

I began my search for my birthmother in 1986, locating her finally in 1997. "Lost and Found" in particular helped me to deal with a lot of the issues that come up while searching, AND once you are reunited. There are even chapters on birthfathers and on siblings, something most books fail to mention or deal with.

It is important for those who decide to search to carefully consider their reasons for searching, and also to think about what their expectations are. If you are not prepared for the possibility of "anything can happen", you may be highly dissapointed or even devasted by the results.

I am glad that I chose to search, it has made my life complete in a way that wouldn't have been possible before I had the answers to my questions about where I came from, and who "my people" were. Though my reunion has had some major ups and downs, I don't regret my decision and I thank BJ Lifton for her insights that helped me get through the entire process.

~Reunited adoptee and adoptee rights activist Still ISO birthfather

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A straight forward book on adoption. 6 July 1998
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As an adoptee, there are many questions and emotions that one is often too scared to ask or express. Lifton goes beyond the "taboo" of adoption in this book not only with her own experiences, but also the experiences of others. In "Lost and Found", all aspects of adoption are discussed, from all views (adoptee, adoptive parent, birthparent). Reading this helped me understand my own feelings, and to better understand the feelings of my parents, and my birth mother.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Good Reading 31 Oct 1998
By A Customer
Format:Paperback
The first book I have read with a chapter on after the reunion. An excellent book with many parts, as an adoptee, I can relate to.
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6 of 8 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Buy It! 27 April 1998
By A Customer
Format:Paperback
Being adopted myself, I've read several books on the subject. But this is the one I kept coming back to for all the good and the bad. No punchs are pulled with anyone and everyone I know who have read it are able to relate to most of it.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Lost & Found 15 Sep 2011
By AudreyB
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Betty Jean Lifton delves into the world of secrets and lies which surround the adoption process. She asks the questions that so many are afraid to ask. As an adoptee I found that I had buried many of these questions through feelings of guilt. Reading Liftons exploration of the topic I finally felt I had permission to ask these questions, and I began to recognise these same troubling emotions that have followed me through life in many of the stories within this book. For me reading Lost & Found was a truly cathartic experience, kick starting the opportunity to discover more about myself and helping me to accept who I am.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Essential reading 23 Jan 1998
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Absolute essential reading for everyone involved in the adoption triad, or even considering adopting or relinquishing. Dispells the myths and shows the adoption experience as it is.
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