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Outer Search, Inner Journey: An Orphan and Adoptee's Quest (Paperback)
by Peter Dodds (Author)
4.2 out of 5 stars  (5 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 280 pages
  • Publisher: Aphrodite Publishing Company (April 1997)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1889702242
  • ISBN-13: 978-1889702247
  • Product Dimensions: 21.3 x 14 x 1.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  (5 customer reviews)
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About the author
Peter Friedrich Sander was born on German soil to a German mother and father. After his adoption from a German orphanage by American parents, he was renamed Peter Fredrick Dodds and naturalized as a U.S. citizen. He is Quest" the first book written on intercountry adoption by a "foreign-born" adoptee.

Peter earned B.A. and M.P.A. degrees and graduated from the International Olympic Academy located in Greece. He served as a member of the Washington State Legislative staff, Director of an international program for the United States Olympic Committee and, as an elite "Airborne-Ranger" when a U.S. Army officer.

As an author, Peter has been interviewed on television, radio and the Internet. His television appearances include "Bay Area Psychology" and radio interviews include "The World", a radio news program co-produced by the British Broadcasting Corporation and Public Radio International.

Peter speaks nationally to issues regarding intercountry adoption and was the keynote speaker at New Zealand's 1998 National Adoption Conference.

To contact Peter, or to request interviews or speaking engagements, please write to e-mail address: pe_dodds@excite.com

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4.0 out of 5 stars Thought-provoking portrayal of the other side of adoption., 1 Dec 1998
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Most people would like to believe that adoption is a lovely solution to the problem of an unwanted child. Taking a child from one world and immersing him or her into another without regard is as absurd as expecting a horse to live under water. Like Peter F. Dodds I was taken from my homeland, Germany, and plunged into another world. The shock and trauma that he went through is as honest and as real as it gets. What happened to Peter Dodds is what happens when trauma, (in this case the trauma of transcultural adoption), is not taken care of. As I read through this book I felt the chill of recognition at his questions as well as his confusion regarding his own identity. In many ways his struggle mirrored mine. This is a book that anyone involved in inter-country adoption should read.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Not what I hoped for, 14 Oct 1998
By A Customer
Although Mr. Dodds raises many good points about international adoptions, many things went overlooked. I would have welcomed information about how he really felt about connecting to the "German" part in him that he had lost....rather than the same feelings so many adoptees have about not feeling "connected." The difference between his international adoption and a "national" adoption were not apparent to this reader (and adoptee), who lived in Europe for many years.

Here again, I felt his writing was not as explanatory and much was missing. I walked away from the book not fully understanding what he had learned from his experiences.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Peter's book is true to the heart of other Ger. born adoptes, 24 April 1998
By A Customer
As a German born adoptee my self. Outer search inner Journey made me realize that my own feelings for Germany and how I have lived my life were ok. that it was normal to think and feel like Germany was an