9780970288325 | Juneau Pr, December 1, 2006, cover price $30.00 | About this edition: Examines adoption issues of abandonment, loss, rejection, attachment, bonding, birth-parent fantasies & split-identity; as reflected in the Adopted Child Syndrome (ACS) and evidenced in extreme cases of adoptees who commit acts of homicide.

9780970288332 | Juneau Pr, October 30, 2006, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: Examines adoption issues of abandonment, loss, attachment, bonding, birth-parent fantasies, and split-identity as reflected in the Adopted Child Syndrome (ACS) and evidenced in extreme cases of adoptees who commit acts of homicide.

9780393039672 | W W Norton & Co Inc, August 1, 1996, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: The author describes how her second pregnancy at age forty led to a confrontation with her decision to give up a child for adoption some twenty-five years earlier, explaining how the past has affected her life

9780374105587 | Farrar Straus & Giroux, June 1, 1990, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: An account of an actual open adoption follows the developing relationship between a married couple and an unmarried birth mother, discusses adoption alternatives, and illuminates questions about changing social values, the nature of the family, and the impact of adoption

9780395586693 | Reissue edition (Houghton Mifflin, May 1, 1991), cover price $8.95 | About this edition: Looks at the story of a young unmarried college student who selected the couple who adopted her child, describes the complexities of their relationship, and examines past adoption practices

9780029257500 | Free Pr, November 1, 1990, cover price $26.00 | About this edition: The mother of two Korean-born daughters discusses intercultural and interracial adoption, addressing the special problems and social considerations

9780151975143 | Harcourt, February 1, 1986, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: The author discusses her infertility, decision to adopt a child, the difficulties of making the arrangements, and what adoption has meant to her and her husband

9780809314980 | Reprint edition (Southern Illinois Univ Pr, March 1, 1989), cover price $12.95 | About this edition: An American couple describes their coming to grips with infertility, the decision to adopt, and the frustration of the adoption process itself

9780689113543 | Macmillan Pub Co, October 1, 1983, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: A childless couple seeking to adopt a baby face a difficult decision concerning whether or not to buy a baby through an illegal, blackmarket adoption