{"product_id":"9798216368151","title":"Adoption Unfiltered: Revelations from Adoptees, Birth Parents, AdoptiveParents, and Allies","description":"Author: Ranyard, Kelsey Vander Vliet; Easterly,\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9798216368151\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bloomsbury\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 22 Jan 2026\u003cbr\u003ePages: 336 Format: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReveals the candid thoughts and feelings of those most directly involved in adoptions- adoptees, adoptive parents, and birth parents.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eAdoption Unfiltered\u003c\/i\u003e authors Sara Easterly (adoptee), Kelsey Vander Vliet Ranyard (birth parent), and Lori Holden (adoptive parent) interview dozens of adoptees, birth parents, adoptive parents, social workers, therapists, and other allies   all sharing candidly about the challenges in adoption. While finding common ground in the sometimes-contentious space of adoption may seem like a lofty goal, it reveals the authors' optimistic aim- working together with truth and transparency to move toward healing.\u003cbr\u003eHealing isn't possible, though, without first uncovering the hurts   starting with adoption's central players- adoptees, who are so often in pain, suffering from what the latest brain science validates as the long-term emotional effects of separation trauma. By encouraging others to vulnerably share their stories, the authors discover that adoptees aren't the only ones in the adoption constellation who are hurting. Birth parents regularly shut down after being shut out by adoptive parents. Adoptive parents often struggle with unique parenting challenges and hidden insecurity, feeling the need to hide the fact that they are not the Super Parents they led the agency to believe they would be. Across the industry as a whole, misinformed and even unethical practices abound.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAdoption Unfiltered\u003c\/i\u003e models the importance of adults in adoption working together in the spirit of curiosity and empathy   to better support adoptees and their first and adoptive families.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46658442625182,"sku":"UBD-9798216368151","price":36.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9798216368151.jpg?v=1774925921","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9798216368151","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}