"Dancing in the Dark," by Carl Pilsecker. ISBN 978-1-60264-743-5 (softcover). $13.95. 398 pages. It is 1972; the world of adoption is changing significantly (fewer children available for adoption; adoptees seeking their first parents; interracial adoption). Anita Ashton, adoption agency social worker and ardent folk dancer, is "too soon" pregnant. This threatens to disrupt both her personal and professional life. And harboring a potentially devastating secret leaves her "dancing in the dark".
ABOUT THE AUTHORCarl Pilsecker, a Harvard graduate, has been a social worker, supervisor, and administrator in adoption agencies. He has also been on the faculty of California State University, Long Beach. His professional writings have been published in social work and mental health journals and books. He and his wife live and folk dance in Southern California.
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