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Transcultural Aboriginal Adoptions:
20 Years Later


Understanding Adoption Disruption and Adoptive Families

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For childless couples, adoption is a fulfilling way to build a family. Unfortunately, not all adoption stories have happy endings. In Our Son, a Stranger , Marie Adams ~ author discusses the challenges experienced by adoptive parents of older native children.

Adoption Breakdown

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Marie Adams' book brims with insights into the issues surrounding trans-racial adoptions. Visit the editorial reviews page to see how readers have found this book to be of great value, especially for families who are on the verge of adoption disruption.

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Learn more about adoption disruption when you read Marie Adam's nonfiction book, titled Our Son, a Stranger.


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Based in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Marie Adams ~ author offers a nonfiction book about adoption disruption. In Our Son, a Stranger: Adoption Breakdown and Its Effects on Parents, she narrates experiences of couples who adopted native children in the late 1960s to early 1970s. During that time, families were encouraged to adopt aboriginal children. Together with her husband Rod, Marie adopted a young Cree boy named Tim. They eventually experienced problems with their son who left home when he was 12. Marie's book features five couples who had the same experience with adopting older children of native descent. These children had all left their adoptive homes before reaching the age of 16. Our Son, a Stranger was published by McGill-Queens University Press in May of 2002 (ISBN code: 0-7735-2400-224002).

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