…It’s imperative that you continue to write as God inspires you. There are people waiting for a word, a phrase, a sentense, or something to grasp their attention. And as soon as that lightbulb moment hits them, their lives will never be the same (after reading and hearing your message of hope). They will be delivered and set free. People are walking around with a lot of hurt, pain, emotional wounds, and scars. I am a mother of 3 adopted boys and I know some of things they struggle with. Janine, you were born for this, so please keep writing to inspire and encourage us. Whatever is birthed in your heart cannot be denied. There’s much more in you waiting to be unleashed. I am so thankful for you and Jenette. You are two of the most beautiful, sweet, caring, and loving people. Love and blessings! –Yvonne Palmer, adoptive mother of 3 boys

“The Search for Mother Missing is a great example of the complexity international adoptees learn to live through,with all its many obstacles and challenges, sorting through meager truths, half-truths and lies. Janine has done a wonderful job in presenting so many facets of the adoptee culture and allowing the reader a certain closeness so we may vicariously experience her journey through her eyes.” –-Thomas Park Clement 2007

This is a beautiful, honest collection of true stories by those who have experienced relinquishment and adoption from the beginning of their lives. I appreciate the openness and integrity presented in these words. Broke my heart, opened my eyes, and made me think deeply. — Amazon Reader

This book is emotionally hard to read, and consequently, I couldn’t put it down. Yes, some pieces were more compelling than others, but overall, it’s a beautiful, sad crash course.

Here you can read some stories and you will need a napkin, and I pray the world will open Its eyes for the Truth out there.

Janine’s story is a deeply revealing look at the innermost thoughts of a younger Janine as her life was beset by tragedy and she was forced to question her most firmly held beliefs. It was both entertaining and enlightening in a way I would have never imagined. I could not help but feel her pain, her love and the profound ironies she encountered.” –Kelly Creso, 2015 Commencement Speaker at the University of Washington, Tacoma

Let us do as the Nature Intended in the first place. Let us call for Family Preservation, let us put demands onto the child protective services all around the world. It must be upgraded and let us bring back Guardianship where It is needed for the Future. —Khara Niné

If you only want to read one book about inter country adoption read this one!

The world at large should listen and draw conclusions. We cannot undo mistakes happened in the past, but we can make sure that such mistakes will not happen again.

Fantastic compilation of voices that need to be heard. Adoption is not what we think it is in America, or throughout the world. A must read!

The voices of the now adult adoptees, and first family members are coming together and telling their truths and the cold hard facts of what it means to be adopted or to lose a child to adoption.
Reform is desperately needed in the big business of adoption, the ‘best interest’ of the children really need to be addressed, and the voices of the adults affected need to be heard and acted upon.

To read the stories of so many people, each from a different point of view, was very powerful. Common themes run through too. This book is especially relevant for anyone who has been adopted, knows someone who has been adopted, has thought about adopting, or just is interested in understanding people who have been through a non-traditional experience. Yes, some of this is painful, but it is important and thought-provoking.

i’m a transracial and transnational adoptee. I’ve never read anything so affirming and informative. My deepest thanks to the people who made this text possible. This is changing my life for the better. It’s helping me understand my own experiences and identity as an adoptee. This book is helping through some of the most important personal work of my life.

It was fascinating and worth my time. It opened up a totally different world for me that I would have never known and made me think about a lot of things.” — Kanae Wada-Norton

As a Korean Adoptee, and an aspiring author, it is important to me to learn about other adoptees stories, international adoption and our “motherland”. I learned more about Korea and International adoption from this book than I’ve ever learned in 36 years of life. The information was really enlightening. So much of what I was told or assumed as a child about Korea was not true. So much of what I suspected as I’ve gotten older was true.
–-An Amazon Reader

Well edited in an engaging style that keeps you turning the pages to get to the next story.

…So many of the authors capture ever so poignantly the feelings I felt while I was growing up and the feelings that I still have today….

Here you will find some of the real life experiences of the most important voices in adoption…that of the adopted person

If you are feeling down this book helps find unconventional alternative approaches to help you find peace, that is not found often in the mainstream. This book also helps with learning about basic Eastern philosophy and opens you up to see past the ‘physical’, but instead into more meaning with the intent to find Joy in your life, such as the author, so she can write from her authentic self. By opening yourself up to see past the physical one can start letting the words flow onto paper, which is the intent of the author. I am looking forward to her next book, The Power of Isolation!