{"product_id":"lost-and-found-betty-jean-lifton-9780472033287","title":"Lost and Found: The Adoption Experience","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"[Looks] at adoption from all sides of the triangle: adoptee, birth mother, adoptive parents . . . A provocative, comprehensive inquiry.\" \u003cbr\u003e---\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Honest and moving.\"\u003cbr\u003e---\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Important and powerful . . . [the author] is concerned not just with adoptees but with the experience of adoptive parents and birth parents.\" \u003cbr\u003e---\u003ci\u003ePsychology Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A moving and powerful plea for open discourse instead of secrecy among the participants in the adoption process.\" \u003cbr\u003e---Public Welfare, American Public Welfare Association\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis expanded and updated edition, with new material on the controversies concerning adoption, artificial insemination, and newer 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 Web sites.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBetty Jean Lifton, Ph.D., is a writer, psychotherapist, and leading advocate for adoption reform. Her many books include \u003ci\u003eJourney of the Adopted Self and The King of Children\u003c\/i\u003e, a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book. She regularly makes appearances as a lecturer on adoption and has an adoption counseling practice in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Betty Jean Lifton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 047203328X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780472033287\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Michigan Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.50w x 0.90d","brand":"Betty Jean Lifton","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44049632690431,"sku":"9780472033287","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_85050b94-4ff1-43eb-b745-131003c0bbeb.jpg?v=1685002624","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/lost-and-found-betty-jean-lifton-9780472033287","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}