Family Secrets

Product Description
Recounts a true-life detective story about the author’s search for his natural parents, the discovery of skeletons in the family closet, and his struggle with emotional turmoil, disappointment, and parental disapproval
From Publishers Weekly
When British journalist Leitch experienced “a kind of biological imperative afflicting adopted children, the elemental need to make contact with their personal history and origins,” he began a family search whose layers were still unfolding when he wrote this book. Early on, his adoption was described to him by the Leitchesa curiously self-destructive couplein a story with puzzling gaps. After a reunion with his natural mother, he unearths a sister and awaits the possible discovery of another sibling. His investigative training, and the recent liberalization of access of adoptees’ records, make his task more manageable; yet mysteries remain, as Leitch amply demonstrates in a compelling story.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
British journalist Leitch wrote his first book, God Stands Up for Bastards , to aid in his search for his natural parents. Because of it, his natural mother made contact with him. Family Secrets is the story of his relationship with that mother and a newfound sister; it was written in part to encourage another sister, adopted at birth, to make contact. The story is well written and reads like a novel. Leitch captures the emotions and motives of the family members he writes about. This book is not about the search itself; for a story that details the search process, consider Katrina Maxtone-Graham’s An Adopted Woman ( LJ 5/1/83). For public libraries. Susan A. McBride, L.R.C., Northeast Texas Community Coll., Mt. Pleasant
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.