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Welcome to the Clova Publications Website
Evelyn Robinson's third book
Adoption Reunion - Ecstasy or Agony?
is now available.
"I have had years of counselling and not found the understanding that your book has given me. I wish I had known this years ago... Thank you from the bottom of my heart." Sue Macdonald, Australia
"Read your book in one sitting. Well done yet again Evelyn. You are a marvel to be sure, having done so much to help others to start the healing process too." Judi Hendriksen, Australia
"Your book is wonderful and am reading it for the third time ... so validating ... great work." Melinda Franke Warshaw, USA
I've never read a book before that included so many sides of adoption issues. I especially liked the way the author addressed some of the more aggressive questions in a manner that was acknowledging the emotion behind the questions, yet presenting an answer that was both disarming and logical." Lynne Katzfey, USA (CUB Communicator, Fall, 2009)
This is Evelyn's third book and her best yet. ...The questions are familiar to us and her responses demonstrate her insight and experience with the minefield of adoption. Highly recommended! Jesse Jordan, USA (Mothers in Action, newsletter of Origins USA, Vol 2, Iss 3)
Both because of its succinct summary of main lines of research and its clear compassion, this is an excellent first resource for those contemplating or dealing with a reunion. It will form a valuable resource for those who deal with mothers and people adopted in reunion. I would recommend this as a foundational book about adoption in anyone's library. Sandra Falconer Pace, Canada (Canadian Council of Natural Mothers)
Evelyn Robinson is well known in Australia for her contribution to the understanding of the complexities of adoption issues in both written and presentation forms. Her comments on this matter are underpinned by both her personal and professional experience so what she has to say is always worth reading and/or listening to.... It is wonderful to have such a wide range of questions and responses all in the one book. Diane, Australia (Vanish Voice, Summer 2009)
The official launch of Adoption Reunion took place
on the 26th of November, 2009.
We have a limited number of copies for sale within Australia
at the special launch price.
Please contact us for details.
“A reunion between family members who have been separated by an adoption can be a very emotional event. For most people there is great joy and excitement, but for some there can be anger and disappointment. … The ecstasy of adoption reunions probably needs no explanation and is often enthusiastically anticipated. However, agony can also be experienced and this is often unexpected and alarming.” Many books have been produced which describe people’s experiences of adoption and reunion. However, Evelyn Robinson’s books successfully explain in a straightforward manner why those people feel the way they do. Her books help readers to put their feelings and experiences into a useful context. Evelyn’s approach is both personal and professional, but, above all, practical and informative. Evelyn's third book, Adoption Evelyn has included a selection of her responses to some of the many questions she has been asked over the last twenty years. Evelyn’s answers are always gentle yet direct and exhibit the wisdom and knowledge she has gained throughout her wide-ranging experience of working with members of the adoption community and professionals in many locations around the world.
Also by Evelyn Robinson
.jpg) This web site was created to provide access to the work of
Evelyn Burns Robinson, MA, Grad Dip Ed, BSW
internationally acclaimed author, consultant, educator and counsellor.
Evelyn is the author of
Adoption and Loss - The Hidden Grief
ISBN 0-646-43532-9 (first published in 2000, revised in 2003) and
Adoption and Recovery - Solving the mystery of reunion
ISBN 0-646-43370-9 (published in 2004)
and
Adoption Reunion - Ecstasy or Agony?
ISBN 0-646-51697-4 (published in 2009).
Evelyn's books are available on-line from:
BookPOD (http://www.bookstore.bookpod.com.au/)
Amazon.com
Amazon.co.uk
and can be ordered from any bookstore, anywhere in the world.
On a personal level, Evelyn has been providing support through post-adoption services since 1989.
At a professional level, Evelyn has been providing counselling
for adults whose lives have been affected by adoption separation
and training for those who work with them since 1996.
Evelyn has provided training for professionals involved in post-adoption work and
information sessions for members of the adoption community in
Australia, New Zealand, the USA, Canada, the UK, Ireland and Romania.
Evelyn was the first author, in 1996, to link disenfranchised grief with adoption.
Since that time, the concept that adoption loss leads to a grief which is disenfranchised
has come to be widely accepted by those involved in post-adoption counselling.
Since September 2009, Evelyn has been a member of
the National Inter Country Adoption Advisory Group
which meets regularly with the Australian Attorney-General's department.
On the our story page, you can read about how and why Evelyn created Clova Publications.
On the articles page, you can read the introductions to Evelyn's books as well as a selection of articles, written by Evelyn between 2001 and 2010. If you would like a copy of any article in Word format, please contact us and we will be happy to e-mail it to you.
On the presentations page you will find details of the many presentations which have enthralled Evelyn's audiences around the world over the last 15 years.
On the picture gallery page, you can see pictures of Evelyn with friends and colleagues in many countries.
Evelyn is always happy to hear from those who are interested in her work. You will find details of how to contact her through Clova Publications on the contact us page.
We hope that you will enjoy the new, updated Clova Publications web site. We are always happy to hear from those who visit our site.
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NEWS
Evelyn has begun work on her fourth book. It will be
a collection of narratives written by parents
who have been separated from their children by adoption.
If you would like to contribute,
or if you would like further information,
please contact Evelyn through the 'contact us' page.
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In December 2009, a new online journal was created
by Thomas Graham through the
National Library of Australia.
It is called The Australian Journal of Adoption.
Evelyn has been a regular contributor since its inception.
http://www.nla.gov.au/openpublish/index.php/aja
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In September 2009, Evelyn's knowledge and expertise were
recognised by the Australian government.
A special position was created for her on the
National Intercountry Adoption Advisory Group (NICAAG).
This group meets on a regular basis to provide advice to
the Australian Attorney-General.
If there are any issues which you would like Evelyn to raise with NICAAG,
please advise her via the contact us page.
Evelyn's message to her fellow NICAAG members:
My thanks to all those who have welcomed me to NICAAG. I appreciate the opportunity to be part of NICAAG and look forward to sharing in providing our views to the Attorney-General’s Department. My hope is that NICAAG can impress on the Attorney-General’s Department the importance of ensuring government support for services for those who have been adopted into The recent apology from the federal government to Aboriginal Australians who were removed from their families, their communities, their language, their culture, their homelands and their heritage was welcomed by many Australians. It was a recognition that past policies which resulted in the placement of Aboriginal children with non-Aboriginal families created an unacceptable level of grief and loss. Such policies have been abandoned in the light of the understanding that we now have about the outcomes of those separations and the sufferings of the Stolen Generations of Aboriginal people. I believe that intercountry adoption has created a similar situation to that experienced by the Stolen Generations of Aboriginal people. It is my view that our federal government’s approach to the issue of intercountry adoption requires urgently to be brought into line with current understanding and that in the near future we will see legislation which prevents children being adopted into Australia from other countries.
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In October, 2008, Evelyn's first two books were reviewed in
The Journal of the Association for Research on Mothering (Volume 10.2)
which is published in Canada.
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In September 2008, a speech was delivered, In Praise of Evelyn.
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On the 18th of July 2008 Evelyn presented a paper at the
8th International Conference on Grief and Bereavement
in Contemporary Society in Melbourne, Australia.
680 delegates attended the conference from 17 countries.
Her paper was entitled
Disenfranchised Grief
and Adoption Separation
Conference papers are available on the web site of The Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement.
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An article by Evelyn was published in the Autumn 2007
(Volume 10, number 1) edition of
Grief Matters, The Australian Journal of Grief and Bereavement.
The article is entitled: Long term outcomes of losing a child through adoption:
The impact of disenfranchised grief.
It's very good to know that adoption loss and grief
are being acknowledged by those involved in grief work.
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A new government-funded
Post Adoption Support Service (PASS)
opened in Adelaide in August 2006.
Evelyn is providing training for their counsellors and, through PASS,
training for counsellors and other professionals
throughout South Australia.
Evelyn's dream is that Scotland will soon follow
South Australia's example.
~~~~ Evelyn was invited by Mirah Riben, author of shedding light on ... THE DARK SIDE OF ADOPTION, to write the foreword for her second book, The Stork Market America's Multi-Billion Dollar Unregulated Adoption Industry, which has now been published. Evelyn's foreword is available on the articles page. "The Stork Market" can be purchased from
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In February, 2006, Evelyn was invited by the Romanian government to be keynote speaker at a conference in Bucharest. The theme of the conference was The Rights of the Child. Evelyn presented her message about adoption loss and recovery to an international audience of 250 invited participants. A report of her trip is available on the articles page.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.
Gandhi
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