Intro -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword -- Prologue -- Introduction -- Part 1: Brigitta -- 1: Denial -- 2: Curiosity aroused -- 3: Meeting my other mother -- 4: Pandora's box -- 5: The final piece -- Part 2: Jo -- 6: Are you my mother? -- 7: The search for self -- 8: Reunion reality bites -- 9: The after-effects -- 10: Waking up -- Part 3: Severed Ties -- 11: I wanted you to have a family -- Jan -- 12: The family that never was -- Sue and Tony -- Part 4: The Legacy -- 13: The ripple effect -- Afterword -- Appendices -- Further reading -- Acknowledgements -- About the authors