Books, booklets & multimedia

Adoption, Search and Reunion:
the long-term experience of adopted adults
By David Howe and Julia Feast with Denise Coster, The Children's Society Price: £14.50
This fascinating study was originally published by The Children's Society (2000) and has now been reprinted by BAAF with a new introduction.

The Adoption Reunion Handbook
by Liz Trinder, Julia Feast and David Howe (John Wiley and Sons Ltd, December 2004)
Price: £12.99
'The first reunion handbook I've ever read that I couldn't put down. Essential and illuminating reading for anyone involved in adoption reunion.'

Adoption Support Services for Families in Difficulty:
A literature review and UK survey
by Alan Rushton and Cherilyn Dance (BAAF, September 2002)
Price: £6.95
The survey is the first UK-wide research into the types of routine and specialist support services available for adoptive families.

The Adoption Triangle Revisited: A study of adoption, search and reunion experiences
By John Triseliotis, Julia Feast and Fiona Kyle (BAAF, 2005)
Price: £9.95
The first British study to explore the individual experiences and perspectives of all the key players in the adoption, search and reunion process.

In Search of Belonging – Reflections by transracially adopted people
by Perlita Harris (BAAF, May 2006)
Price: £17.95
This is the first UK publication to give voice to transracially adopted children and adults. A highly original anthology of poetry, artwork, autobiography, memoir, and oral testimony, it brings together established writers, new and emerging writers and those who have never been published before. Contributions are drawn from over 50 transracially adopted people, ranging in age from six to 56, and born and adopted in the UK and countries as different as Kenya and Hong Kong, Cambodia, Sri Lanka and El Salavador.

Directory of Intermediary Support Services in England and Wales for Birth Relatives
Julia Feast and Marion Hundleby (BAAF , January 2005)
Price: £14.95
Information on every local authority, voluntary adoption agency, adoption support agency and independent adoption support agency in England and Wales; the services they provide and how to contact them.

Models of Adoption Support - What works and what doesn’t
By Hedi Argent (BAAF, April 2003)
Price: £9.95
This timely anthology will contribute to, and inform the debate about adoption support and its role in modern adoption practice.

Searching Questions: Identity, origins and adoption
by Julia Feast and Terry Philpot (BAAF, November 2003)
Book Price: £12.95
This book is based on a detailed investigation into why some adopted people search for their birth parents while others do not.

Supporting Adoption - Reframing The Approach
Directed by Professors Nigel Lowe and Mervyn Murch (BAAF, 1999)
Price: £10.95
Supporting Adoption offers the most comprehensive review of adoption services in England and Wales in the 1990s.