A story of adoption, searching, finding and becoming a family for thirteen siblings separated by fifty-six years and 2,745 miles. A story of perseverance, frustration with the adoption laws and differing backgrounds all coming together in one place. It is the story of a group of people who become a family.

This is a book for those contemplating foreign adoption. Written from the unique perspective of a Chinese-Amercian struggling to be "American" while growing up in a small California town, this experience helped him address some deep rooted issues from being the sole Chinese family in this small town during his "Wonder" years. There is no "Dummies Guide To Chinese American Adoption," and the author make no claims of this to be one. He does know that before and after one decide to go through...

News correspondent Michael Nicholson went to Sarajevo to report on the horrors of the Bosnian War, but ended up smuggling one little girl away from the carnage.Natasha’s Story is the heart-wrenching account of how the TV reporter risked everything to bring a nine-year-old orphan home with him, and gave her a new life 1,000 miles from her native land.The true story, which went on to become the award-winning film Welcome to Sarajevo, is both an indictment of the horror and fu...

From the USA Today and Irish Times bestselling author of The Moon Over Kilmore Quay comes an emotional and poignant story of love, family and resilience.Meet Grace…When young single mother Grace Devlin is diagnosed with cancer her best chance of survival is to find a bone marrow transplant. Only Grace is adopted and her one previous attempt to connect with her birth mother resulted in bitter disappointment.But with her you...

How do you begin to help a child combat their demons?From Sunday Times bestselling author Angela Hart, The Girl With Two Lives is an honest, deeply personal account of the realities of life as a foster carer.Twelve-year-old Danielle has been excluded from a special school and her former foster family can no longer cope. She arrives as an emergency placement at the home of foster carer Angela, who soon suspects that there is more to the you...

It takes a loving and caring couple to bring an adopted child into their home. And every year, thousands of couples make room in their homes—and their hearts—for these special children. This story collection celebrates the individuals and families who experience these feelings firsthand. From first-time parents, anxiously awaiting the phone call that their little one has arrived to a single woman who crosses the Atlantic to find her heart’s child, this inspiring collection will touch every...

When Jasmine's husband died in a car accident, he left behind a wife and adopted daughter, Rosie, in a world of destruction and grief. The once financially stable world Jasmine grew accustomed to had been unwelcomely exchanged for a life containing 3 jobs and frightening loneliness.  Knowing they need to get away, Jasmine takes Rosie on a trip that unexpectedly bonds them in ways they could never imagine.

“A beacon through the often tangled and varied paths to parenting through adoption.”— William Pierce, President, National Council for AdoptionHailed as “an extremely valuable resource” by Jann Heffner, executive director of the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption, this new edition covers the adoption process, updated information on cyber adoption, changes in adoption laws, and the financial considerations of adoption.• Updated appendixes with new l...

The story of one boy’s adoption and of three Russian mothers who are forced to make heartbreaking decisions for their children, set in Yekaterinburg, Russia in the years after the collapse of communism, Sobornost examines adoption from both the adoptive and birth parent perspectives and explores the limits of family. "It's rare to find an account that details, in depth, both sides and perspectives of the adoption process - much less captures the underlying emotions and perce...

Youve come to stay, for how long no one could say. This is the story of Foster Parents who embark on the journey of taking in another child. As the days go by and the baby grows, they encounter a loving but emotional journey.