Falling for myself : a memoir —Palmer, Dorothy Ellen, 1955- author.

"In this searing and seriously funny memoir Dorothy Ellen Palmer falls down, a lot, and spends a lifetime learning to appreciate it. Born with congenital anomalies in both feet, then called birth defects, she was adopted...

Somebody's child : stories about adoption

Butterbox survivors : life after the Ideal Maternity Home —Hartlen, Robert, 1945-

Older sister. Not necessarily related —Wills, Jenny Heijun, author.

"A beautiful and haunting memoir of kinship and culture rediscovered. Jenny Heijun Wills was born in Korea and adopted as an infant into a white family in small-town Canada. In her late twenties, she reconnected with her...

Serendipity road —DeVrye, Catherine.

No Stone unturned : a remarkable journey to identity —Stone, Nadean, author.

Finding family —Ouston, Rick, 1955-

Reunion : the search for my birth family —Allen, Madelene, 1942-2003.

Paper shadows a Chinatown childhood —Choy, Wayson, 1939-

This is a memoir of the author's childhood days in Vancouver's Chinatown, during the 1930s and 1940s. He is able to piece together deeply held family secrets that came from China in the form of "paper shadows." With an e...

Reunion the search for my birth family —Allen, Madelene, 1942-2003.

Like many adopted children, the author struggled to fill a void that would not go away. She chronicles her difficult odyssey to discover the identity of her real parents. She discusses the critical issues that face those...