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10 of 12 found the following review helpful:
 Author is Ignorant May 16, 2008
I've seen her spiel on popular message boards for some time now. She is full of nothing but hate, inaccuracies, and pompous hot air.
17 of 18 found the following review helpful:
Vile, hate-spewing propaganda May 14, 2008
The first thing, as a reader of non-fiction or scholarly work, is review the credentials of the writer. Ms. DelBalzo has none. This isn't an autobiography, or even a biography, much less a scholarly work. Ms. DelBalzo has no background in the area other than feeling pity for those who have been adopted into poor situations. We can relate to that, right? What most of us can't relate to is how the writer went from feeling sympathetic to losing her mind over a subject that, by her own account, isn't even personal.
This is certainly no unbiased work: the author believes that if you cannot have biological children, you wouldn't have made a good parent anyway, and that the infertile should simply "choose a hobby" or foster children without showing them affection or welcome. One should also realize that Ms. DelBalzo advocates post-birth abortion; that is, performing infanticide on a child after birth if the parents change their mind after his or her birth. She also advocates returning the children of child molesters, abusers, rapists, and murders to their care. This is preferable, in her admitted opinion, to a child being adopted by a family. She also admits that she would try to have an adult child of her own involuntarily committed if they chose to adopt or to give a child for adoption.
With that said, this book is laced with hate. Ms. DelBalzo would have been a great propagandist of the past. She completely disregards anyone who have great biological parents; they must be brainwashed. Don't want your child? Abort. Don't believe in it, but don't want your child? Well those people don't exist in her mind. Have an adopted child? Well, you shouldn't be a teacher, or a child psychologist; Ms. DelBalzo and her ilk would never frequent your practice or let you teach a child of theirs. This book is sick, just like its author and the movement she stands for.
15 of 17 found the following review helpful:
Ignorant. Feb 28, 2008
Ignorant spewings from someone who has absolutely no business writing a book or any grasp on reality.
21 of 22 found the following review helpful:
Uneducated and incorrect Feb 15, 2008
The author literally has no idea what she's talking about. The majority of her statistics were garnered either from her own imagination or from unverifiable websites. She has severe emotional and mental problems which are evident if you've ever had any contact with her (and I have) or read any of her postings about adoption online.
This book is not worth the paper it's printed on.
Also, people should know the majority of the positive reviews of this book are not in fact from unbiased readers, but from friends of Jessica's who wrote bogus reviews to make her page look good.
Don't waste your money on this. You'd be better off getting advice from a blank book.
0 of 30 found the following review helpful:
 Considering Adoption? Read this Book! Dec 18, 2007
I read this book as a social work student and was thoroughly impressed. DelBalzo has written the ultimate guide to the anti-adoption movement, and more Americans need to read this book. She unravels every myth that has ever been told about infant adoption, "saving" children from foreign orphanages, and adopting from foster care, while being utterly sensitive toward adopted people and their natural parents. Though her book is short and to the point, making it palatable for students and laymen alike, she doesn't leave any stone unturned. Her research is complete and accurate, and Unlearning Adoption is a revolutionary piece of literature.
If you are considering adopting, planning to work in adoption, or thinking about surrendering your own child for adoption, get your hands on this book before you make another move. It will change your life.
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