Adoption Touchstones
Resources for learning more about adoption and adoption systems
You Should Be Grateful: Stories of Race, Identity and Transracial Adoption — Angela Tucker
Angela Tucker examines the “you should be grateful” narrative that adoptees — especially transracial adoptees — hear so often. Through personal story, research, and her work mentoring adopted youth, she reveals the layers of rejection, loss, and complexity that simplistic gratitude narratives erase. Essential reading for understanding adoption beyond the fairy tale.
From: Third Rails: What HBO’s Task Gets Right About Adoption
Who Is a Worthy Mother? An Intimate History of Adoption — Rebecca Wellington
A history of who decides which mothers — and which records — are worth preserving, and which get buried beneath official narratives.