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The author of this chapter is an adoptive mother currently participating in the Cooperative adoption* for her adoptee daughter. She is also a clinical psychologist and a writer with a keen interest in relationships and the feelings gained through interpersonal experience. This author offers two premises.
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McArthur, D.S. (1985). Contemporary Adoption. In: Offerman-Zuckerberg, J. (eds) Gender in Transition. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5631-8_11
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