Looking Back-Moving Forward  : A Birthmother's Journey

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Summary: Looking Back Moving Forward - A Birth Mother's Journey
Review: Looking Back Moving Forward - A Birth Mother's Journey is a very insiteful book dealing with the anguish a young woman went through in giving her first child up for adoption. At the age of 19 she found herself pregnant and advised her parents. It was the early 1970's and the advise they gave her was not unlike many others for that time. They suggested she give the baby up for adoption. No one knew the incredible affect that act would have on her life for years to come. Every year she thought of him and wondered what he would be like especially around the time of his birthday and Mothers Day. The book deals with her struggle to overcome the hurt, secrecy and shame and to start to search for her relinquished son some 20 years later. It also delves into the process of adoption wether it be closed as hers was, mediated or open adoption.

The book is well researched with many interesting statistics and also touched my heart.