Home Searching Reunions Library Links Shop Photos Contact Us     OPERATION IDENTITY NEWSLETTER   The Operation Identity Newsletter is published quarterly, in January, April, July, and October, and is a benefit of membership. In addition to information about upcoming meetings and “Organization News” (which includes news about both O.I. and other groups), book reviews and articles of general interest are also included. Below are links to reprints of many such original articles from past issues of the Operation Identity Newsletter. 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 2010 Book Reviews The People They Brought Me: Poems in the Adoption Community by Penny Callan Partridge Reviewed in the January issue Poems New Mexico December by Barbara Free Published in the January issue   Articles New Study Looks at Adoptees and Culture Published in the January issue New CA Law May Affect Adoptions of Some Native-American Children Published in the January issue New TV Show Highlights Adoption Search-and-Reunion Stories by Kathie Forward Published in the January issue Are We Still Motivated to Search? by Barbara Free Published in the January issue 2009 Book Reviews Synchronicity & Reunion: The Genetic Connection of Adoptees & Birth parents by LaVonne Harper Stiffler Reviewed in the January issue Adoption: The Facts, Feelings, and Issues of a Double Heritage by Jeanne DuPrau Reviewed in the April Issue Another Place at the Table and One Small Boat: The Story of a Little Girl, Lost Then Found by Kathy Harrison Reviewed in the July issue Diagnosis, Assessment & Treatment of Foster and Adopted Children: A Guide for Parents & Practitioners by Christopher J. Alexander, Ph.D. Reviewed in the October issue Legendary, Beautiful, and Reflection Pond: Three Books by Jaiya John Reviewed in the October issue   Movie Commentary August Rush: What Are The Messages? by Barbara Free Published in the January issue Articles Nebraska Safe Haven Act Misses The Point Published in the January issue DNA Testing and Adoption Search: Separate Issues? by Barbara Free Published in the April issue Tragedy, Triumph, or Tapestry? by Barbara Free, M.A., LADAC Published in two parts in the July and October issues 2008 Book Reviews A Limb of Your Tree: The Story of an Adopted Twin’s Search for Her Roots by Doris D. Smith, Ph.D. Reviewed in the October issue Vietnamerica: The War Comes Home by Thomas Bass Reviewed in the July issue Family Wanted: True Stories of Adoption Edited by Sara Holloway Reviewed in the April issue Whose Child?: An Adoptee’s Healing Journey From Relinquishment Through Reunion ... and Beyond by Kasey Hamner Reviewed in the January issue   Articles Family Trees: Where Do Adoptees Fit? by Barbara Free Published in the October issue What Does “Traditional” Mean? How Stereotypes Harm Us All by Barbara Free Published in two parts in the April and July issues Holidays May Be Tricky for Triad Members by Barbara Free Published in the January issue 2007 Book Reviews The Mistress’s Daughter: A Memoir by A.M. Homes Reviewed in the October issue The Girls Who Went Away: The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades Before Roe v. Wade by Ann Fessler Reviewed in the July issue I Choose This Day: Mournings and Miracles of Adoption by Sharon Fieker Reviewed in the April issue I Choose You by Deborah Ripoll Greulich Reviewed in the April issue The Kid (What Happened After My Boyfriend and I Decided to Get Pregnant): An Adoption Story by Dan Savage Reviewed in the January issue   Articles Does Society Reinforce Adoptees’ Feelings of Abandonment? by Barbara Free Published in the October issue Ask Me No Secrets, I’ll Tell You No Lies: How Privacy Protects; How Secrecy Harms by Barbara Free Published in two parts in the April and July issues Making Sense of Our Information by Barbara Free Published in the January issue 2006 Book Reviews Not Remembered Never Forgotten by Robert Allen Hafetz Reviewed in the October issue Coffee Rings: Three Women, One Tragic Event, Nineteen Years Later, Secrets Surface... by Yvonne Lehman Reviewed in the July issue A Wedding to Die For and Pick Your Poison Two Novels by Leann Sweeney Reviewed in the April issue   Articles Help Along the Way by Mark Dickerson Published in the October issue Access Legislation Pits Facts Against Mythology by Mary Martin Mason Published in the October issue What’s a Father by Barbara Free Published in the October issue Facing Our Fears in Search and Reunion by Barbara Free Published in the July issue Boundaries: The Key to Reunion Relationships by Barbara Free Published in two parts in the January and April issues 2005 Book Reviews The Post-Adoption Blues: Overcoming the Unforeseen Challenges of Adoption by Karen J. Foli, Ph.D. and John R. Thompson, M.D. Reviewed in the October issue Tree Castle Island by Jean Craighead George Reviewed in the July issue Searching For a Past: The Adopted Adult’s Unique Process of Finding Identity by Jayne Schooler Reviewed in the April issue Welcome Home! An International and Nontraditional Adoption Reader Edited by Lita Linzer Schwartz, Ph.D. and Florence W. Kaslow, Ph.D. Reviewed in the January issue   Articles Dealing With Delayed Information by Lee Morgan Published in the October issue Foster Care: Another Facet of Adoption and Reunion by Barbara Free Published in the October issue Birth Parents in One-Down Position by Barbara Free Published in the July issue Nobody Really Forgets by Barbara Free Published in the January issue IN MEMORIAM: NANCY PARKHILL The April 2005 issue of the Operation Identity Newsletter was dedicated to the memory of Nancy Parkhill, M.A., LPCC, a therapist, adoptee, author, and O.I. member, who died of lymphoma on February 4, 2005, after a brief illness. Honoring Nancy Parkhill by Stacy Ertle Nancy Parkhill: Adoptees’ Fairy Godmother by Ann Massmann Nancy’s Request: Be a Voice by Barbara Free 2004 In 2004, Operation Identity marked its 25th anniversary as an active search support group in New Mexico. Various articles published during this year reflect back on the past and look forward to the future....   Book Reviews Welcome Home: A Guide for Adoptive, Foster and Treatment Foster Parents by Christopher J. Alexander, Ph.D. Reviewed in the October issue Go Out and Live: A 27-Year Journey of Courage by Doris and Ken Hall Reviewed in the July issue Healing the Adoption Experience: A Book for Adult Adoptees, Their Families, and Therapists by Nancy Parkhill Reviewed in the April issue Finding Me in a Paper Bag: Searching for Both Sides Now by Sally Howard Reviewed in the April issue Mommy Far, Mommy Near: An Adoption Story by Carol Antoinette Peacock Reviewed in the January issue   Articles A Brief History of Operation Identity by Barbara Free Published in the October issue After 25 Years, Do We Still Need O.I.? Published in the October issue Operation Identity Celebrates 25 Years Since Its Founding Published in the July issue Operation Identity: 25 Years of Support by Mary Hanson Published in the July issue O.I. Member Shares Her Story at Retreat Published in the January issue Holidays, Family and Adoption: Special Handling Needed by Barbara Free Published in the January issue 2003 Book Reviews Once Removed: Voices From Inside the Adoption Triangle by Wendie Redmond and Sherry Sleightholm Reviewed in the July issue How to Adopt a Child: A Complete Guide for the Layman by Robert A. Farmer Reviewed in the July issue A Single Square Picture: A Korean Adoptee’s Search for Her Roots by Katy Robinson Reviewed in the April issue Movie Review Strange Relations (A Showtime Original Production) Published in the July issue   Articles Operation Identity to Celebrate Silver Anniversary Next Year Published in the October issue Remembering O.I.’s First Meeting Published in the October issue Siblings: Forgotten Pieces of the Adoption Puzzle by Barbara Free Published in the July issue It’s All About Relationships by Barbara Free Published in the April issue Finding Family is Not About “Closure” by Barbara Free Published in the April issue 2002 Book Reviews Black Baby White Hands: A View From the Crib by Jaiya John Reviewed in the October issue Disturbing the Peace: A Novel by Nancy Newman Reviewed in the July issue Wuhu Diary: On Taking My Adopted Daughter Back to Her Hometown in China by Emily Prager Reviewed in the July issue I Hope You Have a Good Life: A True Story of Love, Loss, and Redemption by Campbell Armstrong Reviewed in the April issue Sacred Connections: Stories of Adoption by Mary Ann Koenig and Niki Berg Reviewed in the January issue   Articles China’s Birth Policies and Traditions Lead to Gender Imbalance by Barbara Free Published in the October issue Some Adoptees Lack Their Native Tongue by Barbara Free Published in the July issue The Importance of Being Met at the Gate by Barbara Free Published in the April issue 2001 Book Reviews Adoption Nation: How the Adoption Revolution is Transforming America by Adam Pertman Reviewed in the October issue Beneath a Tall Tree: A Story About Us by Jean Strauss Reviewed in the July issue Looking for Lost Bird: A Jewish Woman Discovers Her Navajo Roots by Yvette Melanson Reviewed in the April issue The Open Adoption Book: A Guide to Making Adoption Work for You by Bruce Rappaport                    and The Open Adoption Experience: A Complete Gide for Adoptiove and Birth Families—From Making the Decision Through the Child’s Growing Years by Lois Ruskai Melina and Sharon Kaplan Roszia Reviewed in the January issue   Articles International Soundex Reunion Registry (ISRR) by Anthony S. Villardi Published in the October issue Silence Secrecy and Shame Lead to Trauma by Barbara Free Published in Four Parts in the April, July and October 2001, and January 2002 issues Abandoned Baby Legislation Controversy Continues by Barbara Free Published in the January issue 2000 Book Reviews Outer Search/Inner Journey by Peter F. Dodds Reviewed in the October issue A Man and His Mother: An Adopted Son’s Story by Tim Green Reviewed in the July issue Thank You, Son, For Finding Me: A Birthmother’s Story by Beth Kane Reviewed in the April issue The Gift Wrapped in Sorrow by Jane Guttman Reviewed in the April issue The Family of Adoption by Joyce Maguire Pavao Reviewed in the January issue   Articles Mistaking Intensity for Intimacy in Reunions by Barbara Free Published in the October issue Triad Rights Are Human Rights by Barbara Free Published in the July issue Guidelines for Triad Members in Search by Barbara Free Published in the April issue Coping With the Holidays in Reunited Families by Barbara Free Published in the January issue 1999 Book Reviews The Primal Wound: Understanding the Adopted Child by Nancy Verrier Reviewed in the October issue Soul Connection: Memoir of a Birthmother’s Healing Journey by Ann H. Hughes Reviewed in the July issue Wanted: First Child (A Birth Mother’s Story) by Rebecca Harsin Reviewed in the April issue May the Circle Be Unbroken: An Intimate Journey Into the Heart of Adoption by Lynn Franklin Reviewed in the January issue   Articles The Profound Effects of Shame Upon the Adoption Triad by Barbara Free Published in the October issue Internalizing Adoption by Barbara Free Published in the July issue Are Studies of Adoptees Valid? by Barbara Free Published in the April issue Reunions, Siblings, and Triangulation by Barbara Free Published in the January issue 1998 Book Reviews The Adoption Reader: Birth Mothers, Adoptive Mothers, and Adopted Daughters Tell Their Stories Edited by Susan Wadia-Ellis Reviewed in the October issue Out of the Shadows: Birthfathers’ Stories by Mary Martin Mason Reviewed in the July issue Adoption Reunions: A Book for Adoptees, Birth Parents and Adoptive Families by Michelle McColm Reviewed in the April issue   Articles A History of Adoption by Barbara Free Published in the October issue Ninth Annual March on Washington: A Participant’s Report by Ann Massmann Published in the July issue Sounding New Depths, Exploring New Channels: The 1998 AAC Conference (A Participant’s Report) by Lorraine Wheeler Published in the July issue Birth Fathers: Looking at the Stereotypes by Barbara Free Published in the July issue 1997 Book Reviews The Other Mother by Carol Schaefer Reviewed in the October issue   Articles Giving Up the Fantasy Child by Barbara (Operation Identity Member) Published in the April issue