Curiously enough, Dr. Burns book now appears on Amazon as having no
reviews, despite having had many reviews a few days ago.

L.

"Lainie Petersen" <sfi30@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:671d8c26.0404141820.6cd748a2@posting.google.c om... Curiously enough, Dr. Burns book now appears on Amazon as having no reviews, despite having had many reviews a few days ago. L.

Now that's interesting! Could be that nobody wants to touch it? I've seen
the book and it's despirable and creepy.

Marley

"Marley Greiner" <maddogmarley@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message news:<2vmfc.31867$i74.690093@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>... "Lainie Petersen" <sfi30@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:671d8c26.0404141820.6cd748a2@posting.google.c om... Curiously enough, Dr. Burns book now appears on Amazon as having no reviews, despite having had many reviews a few days ago. L. Now that's interesting! Could be that nobody wants to touch it? I've seen the book and it's despirable and creepy. Marley

Some of the reviews seem to be back. There were quite a few "reviews"
that were essentially attacks on Burns, and Amazon probably decided to
clean them up.

L.

sfi30@yahoo.com (Lainie Petersen) wrote in message news:<671d8c26.0404150752.15500db1@posting.google.com>... "Marley Greiner" <maddogmarley@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message news:<2vmfc.31867$i74.690093@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>... "Lainie Petersen" <sfi30@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:671d8c26.0404141820.6cd748a2@posting.google.c om... Curiously enough, Dr. Burns book now appears on Amazon as having no reviews, despite having had many reviews a few days ago. L. Now that's interesting! Could be that nobody wants to touch it? I've seen the book and it's despirable and creepy. Marley Some of the reviews seem to be back. There were quite a few "reviews" that were essentially attacks on Burns, and Amazon probably decided to clean them up. L.


Incidentally, I don't really know what promises they broke. Cindy did
get photos and letters and at least one video:

http://forums.adoption.com/t86853,15,1.html

"I live for the photos and the letters that My Girls 's Mom and Dad or
the emails they send are a Godsend to me . The letters put a voice to
the photographs .. My most cherished gift to date is a video of My
Girl playing alone and playing with her brother and also taking a bath
it is set to music and they chose to include in the introduction my
favorite song "Somewhere over the Rainbow" this has great meaning to
me and them including it in the one year video was so thoughtful ...
Yes write her and if YOU want write her more than agreed to unless she
says otherwise. I love the contact and in my case wish I had more


__________________
MAKE IT A GREAT DAY . CINDY


Last edited by JORDANMODE on 01-22-2003 at 02:17 AM"

rkbose@pacific.net.sg (Rupa Bose) wrote in message news:<e5619372.0404170359.4e710036@posting.google.com>... sfi30@yahoo.com (Lainie Petersen) wrote in message news:<671d8c26.0404150752.15500db1@posting.google.com>... "Marley Greiner" <maddogmarley@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message news:<2vmfc.31867$i74.690093@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>... "Lainie Petersen" <sfi30@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:671d8c26.0404141820.6cd748a2@posting.google.c om... > Curiously enough, Dr. Burns book now appears on Amazon as having no > reviews, despite having had many reviews a few days ago. > > L. Now that's interesting! Could be that nobody wants to touch it? I've seen the book and it's despirable and creepy. Marley Some of the reviews seem to be back. There were quite a few "reviews" that were essentially attacks on Burns, and Amazon probably decided to clean them up. L. Incidentally, I don't really know what promises they broke. Cindy did get photos and letters and at least one video:


Promises can be explicit or implict. I guess it looked like a
'promising' situation to Cindy at the outset, but it's clear that she
began to feel short-changed as time went on.
I kind of get the impression that she was lulled into a sense of false
security by the frequency and quality of contact that went on before
the adoption took place. It seems as if, on one level, she accepted
that there'd be less contact afterwards but that the withdrawal was
sudden and brutal, and reality bit hard.

Broken promises or not, my sense is that the book played a significant
part in this tragedy (I see it as a breach of trust in itself). The
knowledge of it would certainly have exacerbated any depression from
which she may have been suffering - salt to a wound, so to speak - and
if she were not already more than normally depressed for a woman who
has just relinquished, it may very well have been the catalyst that
pushed her over the edge.
I'm not sure when Cindy first learned about the book (by all accounts
she did so accidentally) but it must have been quite devastating to
find oneself so chillingly commodified, particulary in the context of
the situation.



Rh.

http://forums.adoption.com/t86853,15,1.html "I live for the photos and the letters that My Girls 's Mom and Dad or the emails they send are a Godsend to me . The letters put a voice to the photographs .. My most cherished gift to date is a video of My Girl playing alone and playing with her brother and also taking a bath it is set to music and they chose to include in the introduction my favorite song "Somewhere over the Rainbow" this has great meaning to me and them including it in the one year video was so thoughtful ... Yes write her and if YOU want write her more than agreed to unless she says otherwise. I love the contact and in my case wish I had more __________________ MAKE IT A GREAT DAY . CINDY Last edited by JORDANMODE on 01-22-2003 at 02:17 AM"

On 17 Apr 2004 12:14:06 -0700, sarallewellyn@gosympatico.ca (Rhiannon)
wrote:
Promises can be explicit or implict. I guess it looked like a'promising' situation to Cindy at the outset, but it's clear that shebegan to feel short-changed as time went on.I kind of get the impression that she was lulled into a sense of falsesecurity by the frequency and quality of contact that went on beforethe adoption took place. It seems as if, on one level, she acceptedthat there'd be less contact afterwards but that the withdrawal wassudden and brutal, and reality bit hard.Broken promises or not, my sense is that the book played a significantpart in this tragedy (I see it as a breach of trust in itself). Theknowledge of it would certainly have exacerbated any depression fromwhich she may have been suffering - salt to a wound, so to speak - andif she were not already more than normally depressed for a woman whohas just relinquished, it may very well have been the catalyst thatpushed her over the edge.I'm not sure when Cindy first learned about the book (by all accountsshe did so accidentally) but it must have been quite devastating tofind oneself so chillingly commodified, particulary in the context ofthe situation.Rh.


Yes.. Very well said..


Jackie