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|title=Bubble Wrapped Children

|author=Helen Oakwater

|borrow=Maybe

|isbn=978-1780920979

|pages=232

|publisher=MX Publishing

|date=January 2012

|website=http://www.bubblewrappedchildren.co.uk/

|summary=A useful overview of the state of adoption in the UK. Things lose their way somewhat when looking at the specific issues surrounding social networking and adoption, taking too narrow a viewpoint, despite the important points being made. There's plenty of useful information here, but it could have achieved even more.

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''Bubble Wrapped Children'' takes a look at the state of adoption in the UK, and how aspects of it are being threatened by the use of social networks. The author, with over 20 years' experience in the adoption world, paints a broad picture of the issues facing adopters and adoptees. Peppering the text are some examples of unwanted Facebook contact from birth parents, which have had massive knock-on effects for the adopted children.

For other books addressing adoption, take a look at [[Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? by Jeanette Winterson]], [[The Red Thread by Ann Hood]], [[Return to Sender by Zoe Barnes]], [[The Mistress's Daughter by A M Homes]] and [[The Battle for Christabel by Margaret Forster]]. Although we've not yet reviewed it on Bookbag, Dan Hughes' {{amazonurl|isbn=0765704048|title=Building the Bonds of Attachment}} (which also features in the bibliography for ''Bubble Wrapped Children'') is a must-read.

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