Adoption: An Open, Semi-Open or Closed Practice?
by Gisela Gasper Fitzgerald (9781592869138)

Fitzgerald is both a biological and adoptive mother and in this memoir examines the pros and cons of open, semi-open, and closed adoption practices from the point of view of adoptees, birthmothers, and adoptive parents. The adoption in 1969 of the authoras four-day-old daughter was closed, and Fitzgeraldas family only emerged from the dark woods of secrecy when her daughteras birthmother and extended family met up with them twenty-nine years later. This wonderful joining of the respective families has enriched everyoneas life, including that of the grandchildren. Today, Fitzgerald is passionately opposed to closed adoptions and advocates the semi-open practice.

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