Outer Search, Inner Journey: An Orphan and Adoptee's Quest Paperback
"An extraordinarily moving piece of work," -- Dirck W. Brown, Ed.D. This is the FIRST book to describe international adoption from the foreign adoptee's viewpoint. It will provide insight to all participating in the international adoption process -- parents, social workers, lawyers, policy makers -- by shedding light on the harm caused by uprooting children from their native cultures and heritages. Set against the backdrop of the Cold War, OUTER SEARCH/INNER JOURNEY chronicles the true story of a German orphan adopted by American parents and his life-long quest for belonging. Author Peter F. Dodds writes in a flowing, narrative style that draws the reader into the adoptee's unique struggle for identity by describing both his exterior and interior lives. OUTER SEARCH/INNER JOURNEY is the search for roots and the parallel inner journey for healing. The book is about loss of family and ethnic heritage, rejection and abandonment, shame, guilt, rage and betrayal. The story is also about triumph, faith, forgiveness and the infinite power of love. With a foreword by Nancy Verrier, M.A., and two appendices --alternatives to international adoption, and an adoption resource directory.
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