RESSOURCES
Ici, je vous propose des ouvrages qui ont croisé mon chemin : des livres, des blogues, des balados, des films et des documentaires principalement réalisés par des personnes adoptées.
Cet espace vise à faire découvrir et à mettre en valeur les voix et les expériences vécues des personnes adoptées, et à accompagner les adultes adoptés dans l’exploration de leur histoire.
LIVRES
Amanda H.L Transue-Woolston et al. Adult Adoptee Anthology. PERPETUAL CHILD, dismantling the stereotype (2013)
Amandine Gay. Une poupée en chocolat (2021)
Andrea Ross. Unnatural Selection (2021)
Angela Tucker. You should be grateful. Stories of Race, Identity, and Transracial Adoption (2019)
Ann Fessler. The Girls Who Went Away. The hidden history of women who surrendered children for adoption in the decade before Row v. Wade(2006)
Anne Heffron. Truth and Agency: Writing Ideas for Adopted People (2024)
Anne Heffron. You don’t look adopted (2016)
Barbara Sumner. Tree of Strangers (2020)
Betty Jean Lifton. Journey of the Adopted Self. A Quest for Wholeness (1994)
Betty Jean Lifton. Lost & found. The Adoption Experience (1979)
Betty Jean Lifton. Twice born. Memoirs of an adopted daughter (1975)
Cameroun Lee Small. The Adoptees journeys (2024)
Heidi Marble et Alysa Salma Md. Pulled by the root (2024)
Jean Beatty. American Bastard, a memoir (2019)
Jenny Heijun Wills. Older Sisters. Not necessarily related (2021)
Jung-Sik Jun. Couleur de peau: Miel (2007)
Jung et Laëticia Marty. Destins Coréens (2025)
Louis-Daniel Godin. Le compte est bon (2023)
Lucie Bourdeau. Les Retrouvailles en adoption. Une quête de soi (2014)
Manuelle Alix-Surprenant et Renaud Vinet-Houle. La couleur de l’adoption (2018)
Nicole Chung et Shannon Gibson. When we become Ours. A YA Adoptee Anthology (2023)
Nicole Chung. All you can ever know (2018)
Patrice Godin. Toutes les vies possibles. Carnets minimalistes (2021)
Phara Thibault. Chokola. Monologue autobiographique (2021)
Rebecca MaKonnen. Dans mon sang (2024)
Sara Docan-Morgan. In Reunion (2024)
Shannon Gibney, Nicole Chung et al. When We Become Ours. A YA Adoptee Anthology (2024)
Susan Kiyo Ito. I would meet you anywhere (2023)
Tanguay, Renée. Retrouvailles, Sous le sceau du secret (2025)
BLOGUES
Adoptee Voices, Adoptee Rights: https://adultadoptee.uk/blogs/
Adoptee Voices, Supporting Adoptee Storytelling: https://adoptee-voices.com/blog/
Anne Heffron : https://anneheffron.com/blog
Dear Adoption: https://dearadoption.com/
Diary or a not so angry adoptee: https://diaryofanotsoangryasianadoptee.com/
Dre. Jae Ran Kim: https://jaerankim.com/blog/
Harlow’s Monkey: https://harlows-monkey.com/
Intercountry Adoptee Voices: https://intercountryadopteevoices.com/adoptee-voices/bloggers/
La voix des adoptés: https://lavoixdesadoptes.com/qui-sommes-nous/
No apologies for being me: https://noapologiesforbeingme.blogspot.com/
Red Thread Broken: https://redthreadbroken.com/
The Adopted Life: https://substack.com/@theadoptedlife
The declassified Adoptee: http://www.declassifiedadoptee.com/
The lost daughters: https://www.thelostdaughters.com/p/about-our-blog.html
BALADOS
Adapted Podcast: https://adaptedpodcast.com/
Adopted Feels: https://www.adoptedfeels.com/
Adoptees-on: https://www.adopteeson.com/
Adoption, The Making of Me: https://www.adoptionthemakingofme.com/
Because She’s Adopted Podcast. https://kristalparke.net/because-shes-adopted/
CutOff Genes: https://cutoffgenes.libsyn.com/
Origines: de l’adoption aux retrouvailles
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/balados/12845/origines-adoption-famille-parent-biologique#:~:text=Origines%20plonge%20dans%20des%20histoires,%2DGuy%2C%20Matthieu%20et%20Dani%C3%A8le
D’un destin à l’autre, 6 portraits d’adoption: https://ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/premiere/grandes-series/6665/adoption-joselito-michaud-enfants-parcours
Déconstruire les mythes: https://coconadoption.ca/a-propos/balados/
La vie qu’on s’est faite : des histoires d’adoption: https://coconadoption.ca/a-propos/balados/?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=cocon&utm_campaign=publicationlancement
Loin des yeux, près du cœur: https://soundcloud.com/mouvement-retrouvailles
Retrouver ses origines:
https://www.crave.ca/fr/series/retracer-ses-origines-55490
The Adoptee Next Door: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-adoptee-next-door/id1525068563
The Janchi Show: https://janchishow.com/
Thriving Adoptees: https://thrivingadoptees.com/page-057p-1pst
Who Am I Really Podcast: https://whoamireallypodcast.com/
Adopt Perspective. Jigsaw Queensland. https://www.jigsawqueensland.com/podcast
DOCUMENTAIRES / FILMS
Adrian Wills. A Quiet Girl (2023)
Amandine Gay. Une histoire à soi (2021)
Angela Tucker. Closure. A documentary about adoption. (2013)
Beverly Shaffer. To my birthmother (2002)
Émission Pas t’mentir, épisode 2. L’adoption interraciale. (2024)
Jennifer Podemski, Hannah Moscovitch. Little Bird (2023)
Jung Pictures. Tout ce qui nous relie (2024)
Mammouth Hebdo. On jase d’adoption (2024)
Patricia Beaulieu. Retracer ses origines (2024)
Tusha Hubbard. Birth of a family. The story of a family reunion (2017)
Zara Phillips. Somebody’s Daughter (2024)
