Relinquished.: A mother's choice and my 30 year journey to find my birth family - Paperback

by Robert J. Yaffe (Author)

Relinquished is the real-life story of Robert Yaffe. Go along with him as he traverses the long and often rocky road to discovering his birth parents. Over thirty years of painstaking research, Relinquished is the story of an adoptee brought up in a Jewish household by loving and caring parents, as his Jewish birth mother so deeply desired and requested when she gave Robert up for adoption and signed the papers relinquishing all her rights. A search that began before the Internet, Robert, like so many others, ran into roadblocks, often the result of antiquated laws that to this day persist and hinder others. A search that had to be conducted in secrecy and without the knowledge of his adoptive parents. As a result, Robert often had to bend the truth and hide the results of his search to not hurt those around him. Follow Robert as he wrestles with astounding findings and painful conflicts that at times lead to intense guilt, family conflict, and emotional trauma. Relinquished is a true and remarkable adoption story.