This exploration of the experiences of adopting parents and
children offers unusual insight into adoption's complexity and its
profound impact on family life. Based on the author's research in
Germany, where she lived and taught, The Adopted Child has a great
deal to say about child rearing and identity, as well as offering
insights into similarities and differences in family life and
adoption in Germany and the United States. Hoffmann-Reim takes the
reader through the decision to adopt, the adoption placement
procedure, and the transition from "applicant" to "mother and
father." She explores differences between emotions experienced in
adopting a baby, a toddler, and an older child, and how these
emotions can affect relations with the world outside the nuclear
family. A central concern is secrecy and disclosure with regard to
the adopted child's origins. Based on case studies and extensive
interviews, The Adopted Child has fascinated American readers as it
did those in Germany. Professionals as well as those interested in
adoption and family life in general will find it significant.
Sociologists will find it solidly grounded in concepts and
traditions from a diversity of related disciplines. And anyone
interested in Germans and German society will find the materials
revealing, and the author's interpretation insightful and wise.
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