Adopted: Love, loss, family and reunion

Author:   Brigitta Baker ,  Jo Willis
Publisher:   Massey University Press
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9781991016102


Pages:   240
Publication Date:   11 August 2022
Format:   Paperback
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Adopted is the powerful and honest account of two of the thousands of children adopted during the era of closed adoption in Aotearoa New Zealand, from 1950 to the mid 1970s.

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Author:   Brigitta Baker ,  Jo Willis
Publisher:   Massey University Press
Imprint:   Massey University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 12.90cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 19.80cm
Weight:   0.284kg
ISBN:  

9781991016102


ISBN 10:   1991016107
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   11 August 2022
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Foreword; Prologue; Introduction; PART 1: Brigitta Denial; Curiosity aroused; Meeting my other mother; Pandoras box; The final piece. PART 2: Jo -- Are you my mother?; The search for self; Reunion reality bites; The after-effects; Waking up. PART 3: Severed Ties -- I wanted you to have a family Jan; The family that never was -- Sue and Tony. PART 4: The Legacy -- The ripple effect; Afterword; Appendices; Further reading; Acknowledgements; About the authors.

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Compelling, honest and poignant -- Otago Daily Times


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Brigitta Baker was adopted during the closed adoption era, and has been in reunion with her birth family since 2008. Her professional experience ranges from advisory roles in the public sector through to positions with large corporations within human resource management, training facilitation, leadership development, organisational development and coaching. Alongside her day job as a senior leader, Brigitta is training in psychotherapy with the aim of working more deeply with adopted people to help them process their experiences. Jo Willis longed to know the truth about her birth family when she was growing up and was reunited with them with the help of Jigsaw. The journal she kept from the age of 16 helped her process her experience and navigate the impact of adoption. The journal was the beginning of a collaborative work that became Adopted. She is a passionate supporter of adopted people and advocate for legislative change.

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