Heartache & Betrayal to Forgiveness & Healing - Lost Son? A Bastard Child's Journey of Hope, Search, Discovery and Healing by Lawrence P. Adams is Now Available.
Lost Son? A Bastard Child's Journey of Hope, Search Discovery and Healing: is a book for everyone. While it depicts the life of Author, Lawrence P. Adams, it also addresses the flaws in the foster care system in this country and the consequences that befall the children in our country...those who do not have a voice. It is heart-wrenching, and hard to put down once you start reading. You journey through his life story feeling as though you are a part of it...feeling the heartache, the betrayal and the good. He writes of his pain and suffering, turning those into forgiveness, growth and healing offers a lesson in perspective to all of us. Never once does the author portray himself as a victim...but as a survivor who savors life!
Dubuque, IA (PRWEB) June 9, 2004 -- Lost Son? A Bastard Child's Journey of
Hope, Search Discovery and Healing: is a book for everyone. While it depicts the
life of Author, Lawrence P. Adams, it also addresses the flaws in the foster
care system in this country and the consequences that befall the children in our
country...those who do not have a voice. It is heart-wrenching, and hard to put
down once you start reading. You journey through his life story feeling as
though you are a part of it...feeling the heartache, the betrayal and the good.
He writes of his pain and suffering, turning those into forgiveness, growth and
healing offers a lesson in perspective to all of us. Never once does the author
portray himself as a victim...but as a survivor who savors life!
Lawrence
P. Adams, author and Publish America, Publisher proudly announce the release
June 19, 2004 of the book:
Lost Son? A Bastard Child's Journey of Hope,
Search Discovery and Healing
BOOK SYNOPSIS:
This is the true story of
a child born to a nineteen year old unwed mother. Placed lovingly for adoption,
he is instead thrust into the quagmire of the Michigan foster care system.
"Stability" would be a word found in a dictionary, not in daily life, as he is
moved fourteen times in eleven years. He is finally rescued and given a "home"
at Boys Town. At eighteen, cast into the world of the unknown, without anyone or
anyplace to call home, he goes forth with only hope and determination. Growing
into adulthood, he searches for birth parents, an unknown heritage and sexual
identity. Discovery of "true self" enables him to confront and overcome brutal
and emotionally damaging realities from childhood which can no longer stay
buried deep within his memory. This is the story of his difficult life battle,
but more importantly, his ultimate victory...healing!
AUTHOR'S
REMINDER:
It is the author's intention that ALL royalties received from his
book and gift shop on this site will go to charity. It is my hope at some future
date it will allow me to reach one of my dreams. The dream is to set up a
foundation for children who have survived the "foster care system." It is hoped
that through the foundation I will be able to help other "throw away kids" have
one or more of the opportunities in life that I have been blessed with.
Therefore, I will receive no financial enrichment from this book or gifts
purchsed. My enrichment will come from knowing, in some small way, I brightened
someone else's life.
Warning: Reports of Physical side effects while
reading Lawrence Adams's book. Lawrence Adams's book is causing intense physical
reactions.
Note also that Lawrence's book is not, and never will be,
approved by the BBA (Boring Books Association).
Potential Problems
Caused:
Breathing Problems:
Just wanted to let you know The Lost Son?
arrived and I have been inhaling it. A reader in Arizona
Heart Problems:
This book has been the best thing that you have written. On a couple of
occasions, I thought I was going to have a heart attack. A reader in Maryland
As I read the final pages my heart broke. Oh my heart melted, it was a
story of great faith, hope and love! A reader in Canada
Insomnia:
This is one of very few books that truly "kept me awake"! A reader in
Australia
You should have warned me that I would be up all night until I
finished! A reader in California
Emotional Conflicts:
It is not
often that a book will frustrate me and yet thrill me at the same time. This is
certain to be a BEST SELLER! A reader in Michigan
I was sad when it
ended. A reader in Ohio
I wept with joy and I wept with sorrow as I read
this work. A reader in Florida
Other related side effects:
Decreased appetite and blurred vision due to the inability to stop
reading.
If you have experienced any of these side effects after
becoming engrossed in Lawrence's book, it would greatly benefit your health if
you shared it with someone you care about.
If you've not had the
Lawrence Adams reading experience, please pay close attention to the following
information. Remember, this is important to your literary health! You MUST order
and read this book!
PROFESSIONAL REVIEWS:
“In Lost Son, Adams takes
you on a heart wrenching journey of loss, pain, reunion, and joy. He leaves no
stone unturned when he illustrates the horrific inadequacies of the foster care
system—which were plentiful. This book should effect a change in the existing
foster care system. Touched by foster care or adoption or not, we can all take
heed of his advice. Triad members and mental health professionals need to read
this book to learn about the issues that are general to adoption but specific to
foster care survivors. Lawrence, your message will not soon be forgotten by this
reader for sure.”
Kasey Hamner, M.S., adoptee in reunion, psychologist, and
author of Whose Child? and Adoption Forum
Lawrence P. Adams gives us a
taste of reality so few of us ever experience. Yet, with so little in common
with him, his story reached straight in and grabbed a hold of my heart. Eleven
foster homes, Boys Town, college and an impressive career path are all, the
backdrop to the search for family and love in this a journal of a life. His
struggles and personal growth overcoming a society plagued with red tape and
trite deserves more than a brief summary. It deserves to be read.
Gaylen M.
H. Sharp, Author of "Tipple's Eve"
His life is one of tragedies and
triumphs. Throughout his book he never portrays himself as a victim. He feels he
is responsible for what becomes him and accepts that responsibility. He shows in
the end, no matter what one is faced with, if one has faith, hope and works
hard...one can overcome anything. He proves it and is an inspiration to anyone
who reads his story. He appropriately titled his book a journey of
hope,
search, discovery and healing.
Mr. Adams has written a spellbinding book.
He grabs you from the very beginning and holds his grip on you until the very
final word.
Each chapter leaves the reader wanting to know what happens
next...it puts one in the position, no matter the hour, to keep reading and
reading.
Mr. Adams does not use flowery words to tell his tale. He uses
everyday language that anyone can understand. However, in using simplicity of
words his sincerity and honesty are made to shine through. You can more than
picture yourself traveling his journey with him, feeling his pains and well as
his joys.
This book should be required reading for all who play a role
within our child welfare system. It will show the potential damage that can be
done to a child if their "best interest" are not always kept to the fore front
of their work.
Anyone dealing with problems in their lives, children or
adults, would also greatly benefit from reading this work. You will realize you
do not have it so bad. More importantly, you will realize, if he can
overcome...so can you!
You will never regret having picked up this book
and begin reading it, however, you will not put it down until you are
finished.
A long time Foster Parent in Australia
ABOUT THE
AUTHOR:
Birth Place: Detroit, MI USA
Resides In: Dubuque, IA
USA
Received education at Boys Town, Nebraska and Midland Lutheran
College. He has had a professional career in government, nonprofit, academia and
private industry.
Accomplishments:
Recipient of Presidential Volunteer
Award from President Reagan in 1982. Recipient of New York's Eleanor Roosevelt
Volunteer Award 1983. Recipient of numerous awards for web site presentation
1998-2003.
Founder & former Director of Helping Hands; a program
providing respite to parents of children with disabilities. Former Director
CityMeals-on-Wheels Program; a NYC based foundation providing meals to the
elderly on weekends and holidays where federal funds did not provide. Volunteer
for a variety of AIDS programs in cities from 1980-1998.
The author has
written articles for magazines on the subject of the foster care system. He has
written five articles for Adoption Weekly E Magazine:
Article #1: How
Many More Must Suffer? 4/13/04
http://e-magazine.adoption.com/article.php?articleid=452
Article
#2: Search Worth It? 4/27/04
http://e-magazine.adoption.com/article.php?articleid=460
Article
#3: Why Search? 5/11/04
http://e-magazine.adoption.com/article.php?articleid=469
Article
#4: One Child's Horror 5/25/04
http://e-magazine.adoption.com/article.php?articleid=479
Article
#5 A Time For Citizen Outrage! 6/8/04
http://e-magazine.adoption.com/article.php?articleid=484
An
article will also be published Fostering Families Today Magazine in their
July/August 2004 issue. He has begun a quarterly column in Spotlight Recovery
Magazine, the first column to appear in July 2004.
He has also
associated, on a volunteer basis, as an ambassador for IAC (Intercountry
Adoption Congress). This non profit group provides a program to streamline the
foster care system and adoption programs in the United States as well as foreign
countries to make "in the best interest of the child" a reality.
He is
available for radio, telephone or television interviews with prior arrangements.
He could be available to speak before groups for a negotiable fee. He can do
insirational, motivational or directly in regards to foster care/adoption system
reform. Contact the author directly via E mail or telephone as listed (2p.m.
CDST-9p.m. CDST due to night work schedule).
Visit the author's web site
at http://www.larrya.us or http://www.authorsden.com/lawrencepadams for more
information.
Intercountry Adoption Congress:
http://www.iacongress.org
Lost Son? A Bastard Child's Journey of Hope, Search, Discovery and
Healing
By: Lawrence P. Adams
ISBN: 1-4137-1709-8, 166 pages / US
$19.95
Publication: June, 2004
Publisher: Publish America http://www.publishamerica.com
The book is avilable on
line at: Publish America, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Blackwells,
Powells.
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