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Title: The Other Mother: A Woman's Love for the Child She Gave Up for Adoption by Carol Schaefer ISBN: 0-939149-75-3 Publisher: Soho Press, Inc. Pub. Date: September, 1992 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.77 (26 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Eye opening story..........
Comment: ........I truly learned so much from reading Carol Schaefer's personal story about giving her son up for adoption. This is a story that anyone with any connection to the world of adoption should read and benefit from. I am a future adoptive mother and I was horrified at how Carol was treated when she was a young vulnerable women who found herself in the difficult situation of facing an unexpected pregnancy. This story really shows the psychological torture that brithmothers can experience, especially in situations where they really do not wish to give their children up for adoption, but are coerced. After reading this book, I am convinced that someday, when I am an adoptive mother, I will want an open adoption for the sake of my child and his or her birthmother.
Rating: 5
Summary: From an adoptive mother
Comment: As the mother of two children through adoption, I read this book in order to better understand a birthmother's experience and have some idea as to how to answer my children's questions.
I am so grateful to Carol for sharing her story with me, I will never be the same. I will never understand what it is like to be a birthmom but Carol gave me a peek into their world and for every birthmother reading this...I am so sorry for the sorrow you had to feel for me to feel my joy.
I was blessed as my daughters birthmother placed my daughter in my arms...at 16 years of age, what extraordinary strength.
I hope that I am half the adoptive mother that Rosemary was when it is our turn to reunite. What grace she exhibited. This triad is blessed!
Rating: 4
Summary: My view on a controversial subject
Comment: The Book, "The Other Mother" was a touching book especially for me, an 18 year old girl who is in love. This book gives you an insight into the life of a Catholic "good girl" who becomes a young lady through the experience of giving up her son for adoption. This frightening experience touched me in many ways because It made me realize how realistic becoming pregnant is, and the consequences that come with it. This book also showed me the attachment that comes with giving birth and being forced to give it up. No matter how old you are, or where you stand on adoption issues, you will be able to relate to Carol in her struggle to find the son that she has never met.
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