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Whether you signed up for this book tour back in October or if you are merely here to read what book tourists have to say, welcome to Day 3 of the first Open Adoption Examiner book tour! It's the tour that takes place from the comfort of your own sitting area, so get yourself some coffee or tea and pull up a virtual chair. And while it's nice to have read the selected book, it's not required.
Since Saturday, we have been delving into the controversial book by Nancy Verrier that was first published in 1993, The Primal Wound: Understanding the Adopted Child. .
A bit of explanation. Readers of this space who signed up for this book tour spent November , Adoption Awareness Month, reading The Primal Wound. Participants then contributed questions for the rest of the group to discuss and for the author to answer. Each tourist received a list of questions from which to choose, and each will answer those questions on his/her own blog or other personal space. A list of these blogs/spaces begins below.
Who participated? Adult adoptees. First parents. Adoptive parents and pre-adoptive parents. People in open adoptions and people in closed adoptions. People who have a favorable view of adoption and people who don't, as well as views along the continuum.
We're spending three days discovering what these book readers have to say. The master list was so big that one-third of the group will be listed each day. So make sure to check the posts from Day 1 and Day 2.
Later this week, tune it for answers from Nancy Verrier to questions the group posed to her. She has graciously agreed to answer them for us. So remember to come back or, better yet, subscribe.
So come along on each stop. EVERYONE is welcome to read and comment on the blogs of the participants below respectfully -- even if you haven't read the book. In fact, it would be especially rewarding for the tour participants if you DO comment. It's highly likely that a lot of time and thought has gone into each person's contribution. Leaving a comment is kind of like clapping at the end of a play -- it lets those on stage know you were there, adding your energy to the performance.
The Open Adoption Examiner page plans to host future book tours. If you've got a book idea that has relevance to all members of the adoption triad, please email me your suggestion. Participants in the Primal Wound tour will vote on which book we discuss next.
So begin clicking! Here are links to today's book tourists for the Primal Wound. If a post isn't up yet, try again later in the day.
- Lassie
- ThanksgivingMom
- Claudia Corrigan D'Arcy
- Geochick
- Peach
- Mandy W
- Lora
- Jenna Hatfield for AdoptionBlogs.com
- Frosty88
- Karen Ciandella
And please pass the coffee ;-).
Comments
Lori -- Thank you for coordinating this. It has been very enlightening!
What a wonderful way to shed light on an otherwise overlooked issue. Thank you for allowing me to participate, it has been an amazing experience. What a great set of questions you compiled, so honest, so raw. I hope many more people read this and can learn or think of things that they otherwise would not have. What a wonderful opportunity for so many already touched by adoption to hear from the other side. Thank you for being you!
Kelsey Stewart
Hi Lori, Thanks for setting this up, it's been an interesting read. I think a focal point for future focus might be reactions from fellow psychologists and researchers to the Primal Wound theory. The PW has been embraced by many adult adoptees as a resonant narrative of their existential reality. Yet many of those who embrace it and find it a comforting narrative do not follow up with the years of therapy that Verrier recommends to mitigate the negative attitudes and behaviors she associates with the PW. I wonder what she makes of that...
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