Searching ...

Searching ... chronicles Carol Schaefer's healing journey as she forges a lasting relationship with the son she placed for adoption, as well as with his adoptive family, in the aftermath of their reunion. In her attempts to reconcile her loss and its effects on her relationship with her parents, siblings and the two sons she raised, Schaefer, author of the acclaimed memoir, The Other Mother: A Woman's Love for the Child She Gave Up for Adoption, offers rare insights on the impact adoption has on everyone involved, including her son's father by birth and his wife, and her grandchildren. Woven within her story is her remarkable creative journey, one that few experience.

REVIEWS: "Carol Schaefer is a gifted and eloquent writer. Searching ... is one person's story, but it gives us a lens with which to see the complexity and challenges that adoption brings to everyone that it touches. This book should be required for all who live and work in the world of adoption."
   Dr. Joyce Maguire Pavao, Lecturer in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School and Founder   and Director of Riverside After Adoption Consulting and Training  

"Searching ... is an exciting new book, and the title is appropriate on many levels. The author gives wonderful insight into the expectations and misunderstandings that derail reunions. Not only do we need to keep searching for ways to make reunions gratifying for everyone concerned, but we would also do well to follow Carol's example of finding meaning in what we do. I highly recommend this book to everyone in the adoption community and beyond." Nancy Verrier, MFT, Author of The Primal Wound and Coming Home to Self