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I always knew that I was adopted. My parents told me the adoption agency attempted to find my birth parents, but could not. I was encouraged to search for them, but never did until late in life. At the age of 60 I found both birth parents. For me it was a life-changing experience. For some of my adopted relatives, finding their birth parents was not. Should adoptees, and those that gave them up for adoption, search?

I am writing a memoir to chronicle my search and the finding of my birth parents. My birth mother abandoned me at the hospital, and told her ex-fiancé that I was stillborn, and gave false names as my mother and father. My memoir tells of my growing curiosity concerning my biological heritage, the ups and downs experienced during the search, and the results of finally finding my birth story and family. The book will hopefully be out for this Christmas. Please weigh in with your thoughts on the merits of STILLBORN: A sixty-year search for life.