Booklist

For expectant mothers thinking about adoption

	The Third Choice: A Women's Guide to Placing a Child for Adoption. By Leslie Foge and Gail Mosconi
	Saying Goodbye to a Baby: The Birthparent's Guide to Loss and Grief in Adoption. By Patricia Roles

For Birthmothers

	The Adoption Reader: Birth Mothers, Adoptive Mothers, and Adopted Daughters Tell Their Stories. Edited by Susan Wadia-Ells
	Lifegivers: Framing the Birthparent Experience in Open Adoption. By James Gritter
	May the Circle be Unbroken: An Intimate Journey into the Heart of Adoption. By Lynn C. Franklin
	The Other Mother. By Carol Schaefer
	Shadow Mothers. By Linda McKay The Adoption Reunion Survival Guide: Preparing Yourself for the Search, Reunion, and Beyond by Judy Jarrell Bailey and Lynn N. Giddens  Because I Loved You: A Birthmother's View of Open Adoption by Patricia Dischler  **This book just came out!  The author has a website: www.patriciadischler.com

For Birthfathers

	Out of the Shadows: Birthfathers' Stories. By Mary Martin Mason
	Birth Fathers and Their Adoption Experiences. By Gary Clapton

For Children