$33.40
- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
11 August 2022
Summary
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.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781991016102 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1991016107 |
| Author: | Brigitta Baker, Jo Willis |
| Publisher: | Massey University Press |
| Imprint: | Massey University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 11 August 2022 |
| Weight: | 284g |
| Dimensions: | 19mm x 129mm x 198mm |
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Critics Review
Compelling, honest and poignant
– Otago Daily TimesBrigitta Baker
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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