Looking for Oliver of relatedinterest The Adoption Experience FamiliesWhoGiveChildrenaSecondChance AnnMorris,AdoptionUK ISBN-13:978853027833 ISBN-10:1853027839 Looking for Oliver A Mother’s Search for the Son She Gave Up for Adoption Marianne Hancock Jessica Kingsley Publishers London and Philadelphia Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedinanymaterialform (includingphotocopyingorstoringitinanymediumbyelectronicmeansandwhetheror nottransientlyorincidentallytosomeotheruseofthispublication)withoutthewritten permissionofthecopyrightownerexceptinaccordancewiththeprovisionsofthe Copyright,DesignsandPatentsAct1988orunderthetermsofalicenceissuedbythe CopyrightLicensingAgencyLtd,90TottenhamCourtRoad,London,EnglandW1T4LP. Applicationsforthecopyrightowner’swrittenpermissiontoreproduceanypartofthis publicationshouldbeaddressedtothepublisher. Warning:Thedoingofanunauthorisedactinrelationtoacopyrightworkmayresultin bothacivilclaimfordamagesandcriminalprosecution. TherightofMarianneHancocktobeidentifiedasauthorofthisworkhasbeenasserted byherinaccordancewiththeCopyright,DesignsandPatentsAct1988. FirstpublishedintheUnitedKingdomin2003 byJessicaKingsleyPublishers 116PentonvilleRoad LondonN19JB,UK and 400MarketStreet,Suite400 Philadelphia,PA19106,USA www.jkp.com Copyright©2003MarianneHancock LibraryofCongressCataloginginPublicationData Hancock,Marianne,1948– LookingforOliver:amother’ssearchforthesonshegaveupforadoption/Marianne Hancock. p.cm. ISBN1-84310-142-4(pbk.) 1.Mothersandsons--Fiction.2.Birthmothers--Fiction.3.Adoption--Fiction.4. Adoptees--Fiction.I.Title. PR6108.A53L662003 823’.92--dc21 2002043374 BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationData ACIPcataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary ISBN-13:9781843101420 ISBN-10:1843101424 ISBNpdfeBook:9781846426421 PrintedandBoundinGreatBritain byAthenaeumPress,Gateshead,TyneandWear Contents Part One 9 Chapter One 11 Part Two 1966 29 Chapter Two 31 Chapter Three 40 Chapter Four 55 Chapter Five 65 Chapter Six 76 Chapter Seven 87 Chapter Eight 96 Part Three 103 Chapter Nine 105 Chapter Ten 117 Chapter Eleven 130 Chapter Twelve 141 Chapter Thirteen 151 Chapter Fourteen 163 Chapter Fifteen 170 Chapter Sixteen 181 Chapter Seventeen 193 Part Four 201 Chapter Eighteen 203 Chapter Nineteen 209 Looking for Oliver is a work of fiction. Whilst it has been inspired by real events, names, characters and most of the incidents are from the author’s imagination.