Over the Easter holidays I read Lorraine Dusky’s book Hole In My Heart: A Memoir and Report from the Fault Lines of Adoption (2015), which sheds light on the harmful outcome of closed adoption, and the impact of secrecy upon relationships.

Below are some short extracts from her book

‘And when she draws a tree…..  she forgets to put in roots’

The right to know one’s heritage should be a given, not something to be asked for as a favor. It should— in a free society, it must— belong to all individuals by the very act of being born.                                                               Read more