Reaching Out: The Guide To Writing A Terrific Dear Birthmother Letter

by Nelson Handel, Carole Lieber-Wilkins (Foreword by)

The comprehensive guide to creating a Dear Birthmother letter that genuinely expresses who you are. Writing tips, examples, and the insight of leading adoption professionals have made this book both the accepted standard reference within the adoption community and the beginning of thousands of happy families.

182 pages, Paperback

First published October 27, 2001

Reviews

[Robyn · Rating 5 out of 5]

I highly recommend Reaching Out to adoptive parents who are told by their agency, attorney, case worker, etc. that they must write a Dear Birthmother Letter. This is the only source of the many that I investigated that had any help for writing a DBL. The one other book that comes up when you search for "Dear Birthmother" cannot compare to the wealth of information in Mr. Handel's book. He covers everything from the details (check your spelling) to philosophies (be yourself) to methods of writing (the I, we, or us letter). Mr. Handel also supplies many writing tips. I found the book to be a great source of inspiration. This was also one of the only adoption-related books my husband read in its entirety. He enjoyed it as well!

[Mel · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was an great help in writing our "Dear Birth Mother" letter. Excellent resource!

[Andrea · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great insight into letter writing.