Treasure trove of research & statistics punctuated with real-life voices and experiences – 5 Stars

by | Jun 19, 2025 | What readers are saying

Jean Widner does and excellent job of bringing together knowledge from research and data, and then punctuating it with real voices and stories. She is an adoptee with a ‘mostly’ positive upbringing. Jean does not shy away from exposing the truths – both good and bad. Her outlook throughout the book is honest and positive. As an adoptive mother myself, I really appreciated how Jean honored everyone in the triad- adoptees, birth parents and adoptive parents. Often adoptive parents feel vilified when they dive into learning more about the Paradox of Adoption. This is an important read and leaves you feeling educated, informed and wanting to take action. Well done Jean!

-Linda R. Sexton

Emotional ride that educates and inspires us to seek solutions. – 5 stars

by | Jun 17, 2025 | What readers are saying

Knowing the author personally and always respecting her integrity and business acumen, I expected this to be amazing. But I was not prepared for the emotional roller coaster ride I would personally take in reading and absorbing the hard facts. I am very glad to be better educated and have some knowledge of a system that truly needs and deserves more of our time and attention. I now have an even more profound respect for Ms. Widner. Very worth the read.

-Jill Lagan

Readable and moving. 5 Stars

by | Jun 16, 2025 | What readers are saying

This book, with it’s broad-minded approach and detailed, compassionate interviews, moved me so deeply I just felt compelled to read on and on. Each section puts the challenges facing adoptees and their parents in a new light for me. This an important book and so readable. I have begun a re-read.

-Amazon Customer

Outstanding

by | Jun 12, 2025 | What readers are saying

This is an amazing book. I’m not adopted and didn’t really know much about the process. But after reading Adoption Paradox, I was a little ashamed that I didn’t know and didn’t understand how much adoptees and adopters go through. This book is fully impressive because it describes the history of adoptions, changing cultural attitudes toward adoption and the challenges one faces when considering adoption. What’s most fascinating is the author’s interview with adoptees and adopters demonstrating how they respond to their different situations. I highly recommend this book even if you have no connection to the adoption community because this is important to our society as a whole.

-Becky Kingman-Gros