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In Their Siblings’ Voices: White Non-Adopted Siblings Talk About Their Experiences Being Raised with Black and Biracial Brothers and Sisters

Rita J. Simon and Rhonda M. Roorda

Paper, 248 pages, 0 halftones, 0 color illus., 0 line drawings, 5 tables
ISBN: 978-0-231-14851-1
$24.50 / £17.00

May, 2009
Cloth, 248 pages, 0 halftones, 0 color illus., 0 line drawings, 5 tables
ISBN: 978-0-231-14850-4
$74.50 / £51.50

Preface, by Rhonda M. Roorda

Acknowledgments

Part I. Argument, Rhetoric, and Data for and Against Transracial Adoption

Legal Status, History, and Review of Empirical Work

Part II. Siblings Tell Their Stories

Introduction

Shecara’s Siblings: Dan Baker and Tom Baker

Laurie’s Sibling: Adam Goff

Chantel’s and Nicolle’s Siblings: Scott Tremitiere and Michelle Zech

Rachel’s Siblings: Kathy Mulder, Mary Ann Pals, and Lynn Miller

Rhonda’s Siblings: Christopher “Duffy” Roorda and Jean Roorda

Keith’s Sibling: Hilary Tomasson

Daniel’s Siblings: Yvonne Thornton, Annette VanVoorst, and Michelle Mennega

Tage’s Sibling: Anika Larsen

David’s Siblings: Chuck Adams and Mike Adams

Pete’s Sibling: Catherine Tyler

Britton’s Siblings: Amanda Perry and Seth Perry

Part III. Implications of Siblings’ Voices on Transracial Adoption

Closing Comments

Afterword, by Rhonda M. Roorda

Related Subjects

About the Author

Rita J. Simon is a University Professor in the School of Public Affairs and the Washington College of Law at American University in Washington, D.C. She has published forty-three books, edited nineteen, and is currently the editor of Gender Issues. Rhonda M. Roorda was adopted into a white family and raised in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area. The author of a chapter in the Handbook of Adoption: Implications for Researchers, Practitioners, and Families, she currently works at an educational advocacy organization in Lansing, Michigan.

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