Reading List

 

READING MATERIAL

Books and Journals and articles

Note: Some of these publications may be out of print but available in libraries or through support services and groups

 

ABDUCTION

 

 

Billig, Susan & Aunapu, Greg, (2001),  Without a Trace, Harper Collins, New York, USA.

 

Without a Trace: The Disappearance of Amy Billig.,

  A Mother’s Search for Justice.

 

 

For people who were part of an Adoption

 

ADOPTION

 

Berman, Irene and Jordaan, Eileen, 1996, A Road called Adoption, Angel publishers South Africa.

            The characters are fictitious but the stories are based on true situations based on actual cases the authors dealt with over many years of adoption practice in South Africa.

 

Brown P. Linda & Gediman S. Judith, 1991, Birth Bond – reunions Between Birthparents & Adoptees – What Happens After …, New Horizon Press, New Jersey.

 

Frame, Tom.,  Binding Ties: an experience of adoption and reunion in Australia(1999), Hale & Iremonger, Australia.

  An adopted son who found his birth family but stopped contact.

 

Cole, Christine A. (Ed.) 2008,  Releasing the Past: Mothers’ stories of their stolen babies  .

 

Luch, Judith, 2008,  The Lucy Family Alphabet.

  Judith Lucy found out she was adopted when she was 25 years old.  She recognises her dysfunctional childhood with her adopting family made her who she is today.

 

 

McCutcheon, Sandy, 2005,  The Magician’s Son: the story of a boy who was taken from his family and told they’d never existed. Penguin Books  Australia.

  How adoptees and birth parents in the USA “move mountains to find one another”.

 

Robinson, B. Evelyn, 2000, Adoption and Loss the Hidden Grief, Clova publications, Penglase, J.L. (PHD) 1999, ‘Orphans of the living’: The Home Children NSW 1939-1965, Macquarie University. South Australia.

            Evelyn tells her story of an unplanned, teenage pregnancy and its aftermath and then describes the insights that she gained as a social worker into all aspects of adoption and how it affects those who are adopted, those who adopt, and those whose children are adopted by others.

 

 

Jones, Brian. (Fr), (1988), Searching for Tony – Profile of a missing person, Spectrum Publications Pty Ltd, Victoria.

  A Catholic priest writes about his missing brother. One of the first stories about a missing person.

 

 

The NSW Committee on Adoption and Permanent Care, Inc. 1990,

Further down the track - A collection of Personal experiences of Adoption Reunions.

 

Adoption the Common Thread - Short Personal Stories of Adoption.

Personal Stories of adoption written by a group of members of Parramatta/ Holroyd family Support Inc, 2000,

 

The quarterly journal of British Association for Adoption and fostering: Volume 28, 2004, Adoption and Fostering.

 

 

Carlson J. E. & Association, 2000, thoughts to consider for newly searching adoptees, CUB. Inc

 

Committee on Adoption & Permanent Care Inc.,

 

The Children’s Society Editorial Team.  1994. Preparing for Reunion: Adopted people, adoptive parents and birth parents tell their stories

 

Howarth Kate, March 2010, Ten Hail Marys, Penguin Books

http://www.penguin.com.au/lookinside/spotlight.cfm?SBN=9780702237706

  This is a must for anyone who has been involved in the adoption farce in the peak adoption period

 

 

Mothers:

 

Adoption & Fostering Volume 17, 1993, Post traumatic stress disorder in birthmothers.

 

MacIsaac, Nancy, (1998), Healing the Hole in A heart – One Birth Mothers Journey into the Adoption Triangle, Nan Mac Isaac Enterprises, U.S.A.

            Nan Mac Isaac writes that her passionate wish is that the reader will “experience” the book as they read it. 

 

Midford, Suzanne, 1992 Newsletter, Telling your Spouse, Children and other family that you have relinquished a child, Adoption Research Counselling Inc.

 

Slaytor P. & McSkimming J., the Secret and Telling, Post Adoption Resource Centre 

 

Goulding, June, 1998, The Light In the Window, Duffy and Snellgrove, Sydney.

 

 

Fathers:

 

 

Department of Community services, 2001, father whose child was adopted.

 

Brown, Rob, 2002, My Three sons, branching out: Newsletter of the Post Adoption Resource Centre.

 

Coles, Gary, 2002, The No Curiosity Shock, Branching out: Newsletter of the Post Adoption Resource Centre.

 

Coles, Gary, 2004, Ever After: Fathers and the Impact of Adoption, 

 

Gadd, Jeremy, 2003, the truth about my fathers: a memoir, Branching out: Newsletter of the Post Adoption Resource Centre (Volume 10).

 

Coles, Gary, 2003, Parallel searches, branching out: Newsletter of the Post Adoption Resource Centre (Volume 10).

 

 

 

Contact the NSW Post Adoption Resource Centre or the Salvation Army Special Search Service for other suggestions for further reading.

 

 

 

 

Families and Friends of Missing People

 

 

Flint, Ellen, 2005, every eighteen minutes – coming to terms with a brother’s disappearance, Limelight Press Pty Ltd.

 

Jean, Wendy, (2006), Unstolen – A novel inspired by a true story, Pan Books, London.

 

French, J. (2000). Missing you, love Sara. New York: Harper Collins Publishers.
(Suitable for children).

 

Nouwen, H.J.M. (1974). Out of the solitude. Notre Dame, IN: Ave Maria Press.

 

Perkins, G. (1996). Remembering my brother: A&C Black.
(Suitable for children).

 

Williams, Sue.  (2003), Mean Streets Kind Heart: the Father Chris Riley Story. Harper Collins Publishers.  Australia.

 

 

Other Resources

 

 DVD, produced by family and Friends of the missing persons Unit, Titled MISSING.

 

DVD, produced by the National Coordinating Committee on Missing Persons, titled, supporting those who are left behind – A counselling framework to support families of missing persons.

 

 

 

RESEARCH

 

 

Henderson P. & Henderson M. (Dr.), 1998, Missing People – Issue for the Australian Community, independent study commissioned by the National Missing Persons Unit.

 

Putt J, Anderson J. & James, Marianne, 2008, Australian Institute of Criminology. Trends and issues in crime and criminal justice: Missing Persons in Australia. Canberra ACT.

 

 

 

RESOURCES

 

Australian Catholic Social Welfare Commission & Australian Conference of Leaders of Religious Institutes (1999), A Piece of the Story – National Directory of Records of Catholic Organisations Caring for Children Separated from Families, St Pauls Publications, Homebush.

 

Community affairs references committee, (2004), the Senate Committee report -  Forgotten Australians – A report on Australians who experienced institutional or out-of-home care as children, Government printer, Australia.

 

Foster Care

 

Christian, John, (1982), Once Upon A Time, Planet press pty Ltd.

 

Miller, Beth, (1986), Room for One More – Surviving as a Foster Mum, John Murray Publishers, Ltd, London.

 

Christine, R. Anthony, M & Jane, A. (1989), Adolescents in Foster families – Child care policy and Practice, B T Batsford Ltd, London.

 

 

 

SEARCHING

 

 

Reakes, Janet, 1986,A Janet Reakes guide – How to trace your missing ancestors whether living, dead, or adopted, Southwood press pty Ltd, Marrickville, NSW, Australia.

 

Chambers, Margaret. (1998). Finding Families: The Guide to the National Archives of Australia for Genealogists. The National Archives of Australia withHale & Iremonger.

 

 

 

WARDS, ex-residents CHILDRENS’ HOMES, FOSTER CARE

 

Barbalet, Margaret. (1983), Far From a Low Gutter Girl, Oxford University Press, London.

 

Biggs, Barbara. (2003), In Moral Danger – True Story, Floradale productions Pty Ltd, Australia.

 

Davidson, Ron,  Ellemant , Connie (1987), The Divided Kingdom, Freemantle Art Centre Press, Western Australia.

  Connie Ellemant overcame the trauma of her early years in a Salvation Army orphanage.

           

Doyle, Evelyn (2002), Evelyn – A True Story, Orion Media, Great Britain.

  The heart wrenching true story of a father’s fight to reclaim his children from the Irish Government and, in the process, free hundreds of other children who had been taken from their families.

 

Evans, Win, O.A.M. (2001), A Rejected Childhood, Parker Pattinson Publishing, Hurstville, Australia.

 

Gill Alan, (1997), Orphans Of the Empire, Millennium Books, Alexandria NSW Australia.

 

Hill, David, (2007), The Forgotten Children: Fairbridge Farm School and Its Betrayal of Australia’s Child Migrants.  Random House Australia, North Sydney.

 

Penglase, J.L. (2005) Orphans of the living. Fremantle Arts centre Press. Australia.

 

Shayler, Kate 1999, The Long Way Home, Random House, Australia.

 

 

 

GENERAL

 

 

Deveson, Anne, (2003), Resilience, Allen & Unwin, Crows Nest, Australia.

 

Boss, P. (1999). Ambiguous loss: Learning to live with unresolved grief. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

 

Boss, P. (2001). Family stress management. Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications.

 

Frankl, V.E. (1984). Man's search for meaning. New York: Simon & Schuster.

 

Glassock, G., & Gressor, M. (1992). Living with loss & grief. Rushcutters Bay, NSW: Gore & Osment.

 

McKissock, M., & McKissock, D. (2001). Coping with grief. Sydney, NSW: ABC Books & Audio.

 

National Missing Persons Unit. SOS: Search options and support - A guide for the families and friends of missing persons. Canberra, ACT.

 

Westberg, G.E. (1966). Good grief: A constructive approach to the problem of loss. Melbourne, VIC: Joint Board of Education of Australia and New Zealand.

 

Sutton, C and Connolly, Ellen. (2009).Ladykiller : How conman Bruce Burrell kidnapped and killed rich women for their money. Allen & Unwin

 

McGoldrick, Monica McGoldrick, (2011) ‘The Genogram Journey’, W.W. Norton & Company

It talks about Reconnecting with Your Family, Family Trees, Family Stories, Ties and Binds, Death and Losses, Brothers and Sisters, Couple Relationships.

 

 

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