New Adoption Memoir Exploring 'Genetic Sexual Attraction'

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Forbidden Love: A True Story of Adoption, Reunion and Longing

By Sophia Greenwood with Helen Croydon

Publication: 1 May 2026

£10 Paperback / £4.89 Kindle

Gadfly Press

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When Sophia, adopted as a baby, set out to find her birth parents, she hoped it would give answers about where she came from and why she was given away.

But nothing prepared her for the emotions this reunion sparked. Sophia (a pen name to protect anonymity) found herself developing romantic feelings for her birth father, and he for her.

While this may appear shocking, the psychological phenomenon of ‘Genetic Sexual Attraction’ (GSA) is well-documented in the adoption world, yet little known in the public arena. On the rare times it has reached headlines, it’s been accompanied by shock and misunderstanding.

This moving true story of - set in the UK and Australia - wrenches the characters between feelings of guilt and the sort of magnetic unconditional true love which most people dream of.

Sophia’s searing account, cowritten with ghostwriter Helen Croydon, aims to raise awareness of GSA while exploring the psychology of love, separation and the fallout from forced adoptions in the 1960s.


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For press / rights queries, review copies, contact:

Helen Croydon (Ghostwriter): helen@helencroydon.com

Sophia Greenwood (pen name of author:
Insta: sophiagreenwood_author/

Gadfly Press (Publisher)
Gadflypress@outlook.com

Both Helen or Sophia are available for interviews, first-person pieces or quotes.