Adoption Reunions
A Book for Adoptees, Birth Parents and Adoptive Families
“Michelle McColm has presented a sensitive and compassionate guide for those involved in all phases of the reunion process.”
- Nancy Verrier, author of The Primal Wound: Understanding the Adoptive Child
In this practical book, Michelle McColm takes the adoptee and birth parent carefully through the process of adoption reunion, from the initial search decision to coping with post-reunion letdown. She draws on extensive interviews with adoptees, birth parents and adoptive parents, as well as the experience of her own reunion.
About the Author
Michelle McColm
Working in adoption discloser at a Children’s Aid Society, Michelle McColm became familiar with the stories of adoptees and birth mothers alike. An adoptee herself, she has successfully navigated her way through a reunion with her birth mother and extended family. She now lives in Toronto.
Book Info
ISBN: 978-0-929005-41-6
272 Pages
6" x 9"
Paperback
$15.95 CAD
September 8, 1993
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