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  <title><![CDATA[The Primal Wound: Understanding the Adopted Child]]></title>
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  <read_at>Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a fascinating book.  As an adopted person, it illuminated a lot of the feelings and issues I have had for years but never had a name for.  It made me realize that it's healthy to have anger and sadness related to the loss of my birthmom, whereas before I thought I should just be grateful to...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68680427">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1999</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book shed so much light on certain issues of adopted children, and helped me understand myself better.  Whether or not they can access them, adoptees have feelings about being adopted, and this book clearly lays out the biology/psychology behind it all, and how to deal.  I wish I had found this...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1325410">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Sat Sep 15 09:49:48 -0700 2007</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[more about myself than i wanted to know...j/k :)  this book was powerful because it validated and put words to feelings i have always had but never been able to fully express.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[The best book about adoption that I have read.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[So you wouldn't read this book unless you were adopting, but since I made it through you get the review!  I gave it 3 stars, one for each ah-ha moment I had while reading.  The author is a bit wacky in my opinion, but she pointed out things from an adoptees perspective that parents wouldn't think of...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53948805">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A highly enlightening, partly devastating look into the minds of adopted children.  I highly recommend this book if you know someone who is adopted and can't seem to figure out why they act the way they do sometimes.  I also recommend it for adopted children but please be sure to have someone you ca...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49860914">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[read this at a time when I was going through another journey of finding myself.  Extremely helpful and insightful (for me, as an adoptee). For some, it might be controversial...]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A must-read for any adopted kid or parent of an adopted kid.  It explains many reasons that adopted kids do some of the things they do. And it can help both the adoptee and the adopter understand why their parent/child relationship is so different from those who were raised by their biological famil...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20425231">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[the most difficult book i'll never finish. it's also another book i tend to give away a lot, mostly so i won't feel guilty for not getting past page 33.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book opened my eyes and tore out my heart. If you have an adopted child, this is a MUST READ! ]]></body>
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