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Daughters of the Bamboo Grove

From China to America, a True Story of Abduction, Adoption, and Separated Twins

de Barbara Demick ...

NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS’ CHOICE • The heartrending story of twin sisters torn apart by China’s one-child policy and the rise of international adoption—from the author of the National Book Award finalist Nothing to Envy“Remarkable . . . Barbara Demick movingly traces this history of overseas Chinese adoptions and their ripple effects on both sides of the Pacific.”—The Wall Street Journal ... Leer más

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NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS’ CHOICE • The heartrending story of twin sisters torn apart by China’s one-child policy and the rise of international adoption—from the author of the National Book Award finalist Nothing to Envy“Remarkable . . . Barbara Demick movingly traces this history of overseas Chinese adoptions and their ripple effects on both sides of the Pacific.”—The Wall Street Journal
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The A-Z of Therapeutic Parenting

Strategies and Solutions

de Sarah Naish ...

Therapeutic parenting is a deeply nurturing parenting style, and is especially effective for children with attachment difficulties, or who experienced childhood trauma. This book provides everything you need to know in order to be able to effectively therapeutically parent.Providing a model of intervention, The A-Z of Therapeutic Parenting gives parents or caregivers an easy to follow process to ... Leer más

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Therapeutic parenting is a deeply nurturing parenting style, and is especially effective for children with attachment difficulties, or who experienced childhood trauma. This book provides everything you need to know in order to be able to effectively therapeutically parent.Providing a model of intervention, The A-Z of Therapeutic Parenting gives parents or caregivers an easy to follow process to
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American Baby

A Mother, a Child, and the Secret History of Adoption

de Gabrielle Glaser ...

**A New York Times Notable BookThe shocking truth about postwar adoption in America, told through the bittersweet story of one teenager, the son she was forced to relinquish, and their search to find each other.“[T]his book about the past might foreshadow a coming shift in the future… ‘I don’t think any legislators in those states who are anti-abortion are actually thinking, “Oh, great, these ... Leer más

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**A New York Times Notable BookThe shocking truth about postwar adoption in America, told through the bittersweet story of one teenager, the son she was forced to relinquish, and their search to find each other.“[T]his book about the past might foreshadow a coming shift in the future… ‘I don’t think any legislators in those states who are anti-abortion are actually thinking, “Oh, great, these
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My Husband's Child

A BRAND NEW captivating story of the power of a mother's love from BESTSELLER Lisa Timoney for 2026

de Lisa Timoney ...

A totally gripping, heartbreaking and suspenseful read, that readers of Jodi Picoult, Jojo Moyes, and Emma Robinson will love. She’s the child you love… but someone believes she shouldn’t be yoursKatie loves her 6-year-old stepdaughter Maisie with all her heart. The time they spend together, the feel of the little girl’s hand in her own, means everything to her, especially after she discovers she ... Leer más

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A totally gripping, heartbreaking and suspenseful read, that readers of Jodi Picoult, Jojo Moyes, and Emma Robinson will love. She’s the child you love… but someone believes she shouldn’t be yoursKatie loves her 6-year-old stepdaughter Maisie with all her heart. The time they spend together, the feel of the little girl’s hand in her own, means everything to her, especially after she discovers she
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The Ultimate Guide for Gay Dads

Everything You Need to Know About LGBTQ Parenting But Are (Mostly) Afraid to Ask

de Eric Rosswood ...

If You are Thinking of Becoming a Gay Dad, or if You are Already a Gay Dad ─ This Book is for You!Are you ready to have kids? More and more gay men are turning to adoption and surrogacy to start their own families. An estimated two million American LBGTQ people would like to adopt and an estimated 65,000 adopted children are living with a gay parent. In 2016, The Chicago Tribune reported that 10 ... Leer más

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If You are Thinking of Becoming a Gay Dad, or if You are Already a Gay Dad ─ This Book is for You!Are you ready to have kids? More and more gay men are turning to adoption and surrogacy to start their own families. An estimated two million American LBGTQ people would like to adopt and an estimated 65,000 adopted children are living with a gay parent. In 2016, The Chicago Tribune reported that 10
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Bitterroot

A Salish Memoir of Transracial Adoption

de Susan Devan Harness ...

Series series American Indian Lives
2019 High Plains Book Award (Creative Nonfiction and Indigenous Writer categories)2021 Barbara Sudler Award from History ColoradoIn Bitterroot Susan Devan Harness traces her journey to understand the complexities and struggles of being an American Indian child adopted by a white couple and living in the rural American West. When Harness was fifteen years old, she questioned her adoptive father ... Leer más

$17.99 USD

2019 High Plains Book Award (Creative Nonfiction and Indigenous Writer categories)2021 Barbara Sudler Award from History ColoradoIn Bitterroot Susan Devan Harness traces her journey to understand the complexities and struggles of being an American Indian child adopted by a white couple and living in the rural American West. When Harness was fifteen years old, she questioned her adoptive father
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The Lost Coin

A Memoir of Adoption and Destiny

de Stephen Rowley ...

In The Lost Coin, Stephen Rowley shares his lifelong journey—searching for his birth parents, seeking his true identity, and discovering his soul’s calling. We join him when, as a boy growing up in Iowa, he visits Chicago for the first time and is shocked by blatant racial segregation and sprawling urban poverty. We see Stephen as a young athlete sustaining a life-changing injury, then becoming ... Leer más

$9.99 USD

In The Lost Coin, Stephen Rowley shares his lifelong journey—searching for his birth parents, seeking his true identity, and discovering his soul’s calling. We join him when, as a boy growing up in Iowa, he visits Chicago for the first time and is shocked by blatant racial segregation and sprawling urban poverty. We see Stephen as a young athlete sustaining a life-changing injury, then becoming
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Helping Foster Children In School

A Guide for Foster Parents, Social Workers and Teachers

de John DeGarmo ...

Helping Foster Children In School explores the challenges that foster children face in schools and offers positive and practical guidance tailored to help the parents, teachers and social workers supporting them.Children in care often perform poorly at school both in terms of their behavior and their academic performance, with many failing to complete their education. They will have often ... Leer más

$27.89 USD

Helping Foster Children In School explores the challenges that foster children face in schools and offers positive and practical guidance tailored to help the parents, teachers and social workers supporting them.Children in care often perform poorly at school both in terms of their behavior and their academic performance, with many failing to complete their education. They will have often
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Damaged

The Heartbreaking True Story of a Forgotten Child

de Cathy Glass ...

The No. 1 Sunday Times Bestseller.At just eight years old, Jodie is violent, aggressive and extremely challenging. Five carers in four months have been unable to cope, but there is one last hope: Cathy Glass…As Jodie begins to trust Cathy and make progress, shocking details about her past come to light. No one had noticed the glaring signs of abuse by those who were supposed to love her most.One ... Leer más

$12.99 USD

The No. 1 Sunday Times Bestseller.At just eight years old, Jodie is violent, aggressive and extremely challenging. Five carers in four months have been unable to cope, but there is one last hope: Cathy Glass…As Jodie begins to trust Cathy and make progress, shocking details about her past come to light. No one had noticed the glaring signs of abuse by those who were supposed to love her most.One
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To Save the Children of Korea

The Cold War Origins of International Adoption

de Arissa H. Oh ...

Series series Asian America
To Save the Children of Korea is the first book about the origins and history of international adoption. Although it has become a commonplace practice in the United States, we know very little about how or why it began, or how or why it developed into the practice that we see today.Arissa Oh argues that international adoption began in the aftermath of the Korean War. First established as an ... Leer más

$22.99 USD

To Save the Children of Korea is the first book about the origins and history of international adoption. Although it has become a commonplace practice in the United States, we know very little about how or why it began, or how or why it developed into the practice that we see today.Arissa Oh argues that international adoption began in the aftermath of the Korean War. First established as an
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What White Parents Should Know about Transracial Adoption--The Workbook

Practical Tools, Skills, and Prompts for Affirming Your Adopted Child's Cultural Identity

de Melissa Guida-Richards ...

A companion to What White Parents Should Know about Transracial Adoption, this practical workbook guides readers to better understand transracial adoption and do the work of anti-racist, trauma-informed parenting.A must-read for white parents who have transracially adopted or prospective parents considering transracial adoption, this follow-up to What White Parents Should Know about Transracial ... Leer más

$8.99 USD

A companion to What White Parents Should Know about Transracial Adoption, this practical workbook guides readers to better understand transracial adoption and do the work of anti-racist, trauma-informed parenting.A must-read for white parents who have transracially adopted or prospective parents considering transracial adoption, this follow-up to What White Parents Should Know about Transracial
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The Unofficial Guide to Therapeutic Parenting - The Teen Years

de Sally Donovan ...

An honest insight into the rollercoaster reality of therapeutically parenting teenagers.Raising any teenager is tough, but raising teens who have experienced trauma in their early years is a whole different - and more difficult - ball game. Adoptive parent Sally Donovan is here to answer every question you've ever wanted to ask about therapeutically parenting teenagers, and a whole lot more ... Leer más

$19.69 USD

An honest insight into the rollercoaster reality of therapeutically parenting teenagers.Raising any teenager is tough, but raising teens who have experienced trauma in their early years is a whole different - and more difficult - ball game. Adoptive parent Sally Donovan is here to answer every question you've ever wanted to ask about therapeutically parenting teenagers, and a whole lot more
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I Must Have Wandered: An Adopted Air Force Daughter Recalls

de Mary Ellen Gambutti ...

I Must Have Wandered: An Adopted Air Force Daughter RecallsAn infant surrendered in the aftermath of World War II. A closed adoption one year later by a military family already in motion. From this rupture, she builds a hybrid epistolary memoir that moves across the decades, tracing what survives when origins are severed and reinvention is imposed.In lyrical, precise prose, she renders the imprint ... Leer más

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I Must Have Wandered: An Adopted Air Force Daughter RecallsAn infant surrendered in the aftermath of World War II. A closed adoption one year later by a military family already in motion. From this rupture, she builds a hybrid epistolary memoir that moves across the decades, tracing what survives when origins are severed and reinvention is imposed.In lyrical, precise prose, she renders the imprint
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Philomena (Movie Tie-In)

A Mother, Her Son, and a Fifty-Year Search

de Martin Sixsmith ...

New York Times BestsellerThe heartbreaking true story of an Irishwoman and the secret she kept for 50 yearsWhen she became pregnant as a teenager in Ireland in 1952, Philomena Lee was sent to a convent to be looked after as a “fallen woman.” Then the nuns took her baby from her and sold him, like thousands of others, to America for adoption. Fifty years later, Philomena decided to find him ... Leer más

$11.99 USD

New York Times BestsellerThe heartbreaking true story of an Irishwoman and the secret she kept for 50 yearsWhen she became pregnant as a teenager in Ireland in 1952, Philomena Lee was sent to a convent to be looked after as a “fallen woman.” Then the nuns took her baby from her and sold him, like thousands of others, to America for adoption. Fifty years later, Philomena decided to find him
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Finding Zoe

A Deaf Woman's Story of Identity, Love, and Adoption

de Brandi Rarus, Gail Harris ...

At just a few months old, Zoe was gradually losing her hearing. Her adoptive parents loved her—yet agonized—feeling they couldn't handle raising a Deaf child. Would Zoe go back into the welfare system and spend her childhood hoping to find parents willing to adopt her? Or, would she be the long-sought answer to a mother's prayers?Brandi Rarus was just 6 when spinal meningitis took away her hearing ... Leer más

$9.99 USD

At just a few months old, Zoe was gradually losing her hearing. Her adoptive parents loved her—yet agonized—feeling they couldn't handle raising a Deaf child. Would Zoe go back into the welfare system and spend her childhood hoping to find parents willing to adopt her? Or, would she be the long-sought answer to a mother's prayers?Brandi Rarus was just 6 when spinal meningitis took away her hearing
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When Nowhere Is Home

An Adoption Story

de Charlotte Finn ...

At least 30,000 Guatemalan children were adopted by American parents before the corrupt business of selling children was discontinued in 2007. Little is known of their history or traumatic early years.This is the story of a well-meaning adoptive mother and a nine-year-old girl orphaned by the war. Together they embark on a journey that takes them to unexpected places. When the girl reveals her ... Leer más

$9.99 USD

At least 30,000 Guatemalan children were adopted by American parents before the corrupt business of selling children was discontinued in 2007. Little is known of their history or traumatic early years.This is the story of a well-meaning adoptive mother and a nine-year-old girl orphaned by the war. Together they embark on a journey that takes them to unexpected places. When the girl reveals her
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The Girl Without a Voice: Part 3 of 3

The true story of a terrified child whose silence spoke volumes

de Casey Watson ...

The Girl Without a Voice can either be read as a full-length eBook or in 3 serialised eBook-only parts.This is PART 3 of 3.You can read Part 3 on release of the full-length eBook and paperback.Bestselling author and foster carer Casey Watson tells the shocking and deeply moving true story of a young girl with severe behavioural problems.This is the first of several stories about ‘difficult’ ... Leer más

$1.99 USD

The Girl Without a Voice can either be read as a full-length eBook or in 3 serialised eBook-only parts.This is PART 3 of 3.You can read Part 3 on release of the full-length eBook and paperback.Bestselling author and foster carer Casey Watson tells the shocking and deeply moving true story of a young girl with severe behavioural problems.This is the first of several stories about ‘difficult’
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Let Me Go: Part 3 of 3

Abused and Afraid, She Has Nothing to Live for

de Casey Watson ...

Let Me Go is the powerful new memoir from foster carer and Sunday Times bestselling author Casey Watson.Harley, 13, has been sectioned under the mental health act after attempting suicide. She was spotted climbing the railings on a footbridge that crossed a busy motorway and pulled to safety by a member of the public. After six weeks in hospital, social services are looking for a short-term ... Leer más

$3.99 USD

Let Me Go is the powerful new memoir from foster carer and Sunday Times bestselling author Casey Watson.Harley, 13, has been sectioned under the mental health act after attempting suicide. She was spotted climbing the railings on a footbridge that crossed a busy motorway and pulled to safety by a member of the public. After six weeks in hospital, social services are looking for a short-term
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The Business of Naming Things

de Michael Coffey ...

Riveting . . . vibrant and unsparing.” -Publishers Weekly (starred and boxed review)Superb. . . . Startlingly original.” -Library Journal (starred review)Once I started reading these stories, I couldn’t stop. They absorbed me thoroughly, with their taut narratives and evocative language-the language of a poet.” -JAY PARINI, author of Jesus: The Human Face of God and The Last Station</p... ... Leer más

$12.29 USD

Riveting . . . vibrant and unsparing.” -Publishers Weekly (starred and boxed review)Superb. . . . Startlingly original.” -Library Journal (starred review)Once I started reading these stories, I couldn’t stop. They absorbed me thoroughly, with their taut narratives and evocative language-the language of a poet.” -JAY PARINI, author of Jesus: The Human Face of God and The Last Station</p...
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Facilitating Meaningful Contact in Adoption and Fostering

A Trauma-Informed Approach to Planning, Assessing and Good Practice

de Louis Sydney, adoptionplus, Elsie Price ...

Most children who are fostered or adopted have some level of contact with their birth family -- whether face-to-face or by letter -- yet most of the time the psychological impact of contact on the child isn't considered.This book explores what attachment, neuroscience and trauma tell us about how contact affects children, and shows how poorly executed contact can be unhelpful or even harmful to ... Leer más

$36.09 USD

Most children who are fostered or adopted have some level of contact with their birth family -- whether face-to-face or by letter -- yet most of the time the psychological impact of contact on the child isn't considered.This book explores what attachment, neuroscience and trauma tell us about how contact affects children, and shows how poorly executed contact can be unhelpful or even harmful to
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Game, Set, Match

de Nana Malone ...

On the court, I’m down forty-love…I am a cautionary tale…The tennis golden boy who trusted the wrong person. And now my image and my body have taking a beating. But I’m wiser now. I won’t make the same mistake again. All I have to do is convince the woman I loved and left behind to trust me again.My career and my heart depend on it.Easier said than done. Good thing I’m up for the challenge. Game ... Leer más

$5.99 USD

On the court, I’m down forty-love…I am a cautionary tale…The tennis golden boy who trusted the wrong person. And now my image and my body have taking a beating. But I’m wiser now. I won’t make the same mistake again. All I have to do is convince the woman I loved and left behind to trust me again.My career and my heart depend on it.Easier said than done. Good thing I’m up for the challenge. Game
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Crying for Help

The Shocking True Story of a Damaged Girl with a Dark Past

de Casey Watson ...

The second book from Sunday Times bestselling author Casey Watson.Two weeks after saying farewell to her first foster child, Casey is asked to look after Sophia, a troubled 12-year-old with a sad past. Sophia’s actions are disturbing and provocative and, before long, Casey and her family find themselves in a dark and dangerous situation.Two years ago Sophia’s mother had a terrible accident. Sophia ... Leer más

$12.99 USD

The second book from Sunday Times bestselling author Casey Watson.Two weeks after saying farewell to her first foster child, Casey is asked to look after Sophia, a troubled 12-year-old with a sad past. Sophia’s actions are disturbing and provocative and, before long, Casey and her family find themselves in a dark and dangerous situation.Two years ago Sophia’s mother had a terrible accident. Sophia
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Little Prisoners

A tragic story of siblings trapped in a world of abuse and suffering

de Casey Watson ...

From the Sunday Times bestselling author comes a harrowing and moving memoir about two innocent and frightened ‘unfosterable’ children who do not know what it means to be loved.This is the third book in the series.The shock that strikes Casey and her family when Ashton and Olivia arrive is immeasurable. Two dirty, frightened little waifs stand before them, huge eyes staring around their new ... Leer más

$12.99 USD

From the Sunday Times bestselling author comes a harrowing and moving memoir about two innocent and frightened ‘unfosterable’ children who do not know what it means to be loved.This is the third book in the series.The shock that strikes Casey and her family when Ashton and Olivia arrive is immeasurable. Two dirty, frightened little waifs stand before them, huge eyes staring around their new
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Etched in Sand

A True Story of Five Siblings Who Survived an Unspeakable Childhood on Long Island

de Regina Calcaterra ...

Regina’s Calcaterra memoir, Etched in Sand, is an inspiring and triumphant coming-of-age story of tenacity and hope.Regina Calcaterra is a successful lawyer, New York State official, and activist. Her painful early life, however, was quite different. Regina and her four siblings survived an abusive and painful childhood only to find themselves faced with the challenges of the foster-care system ... Leer más

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Regina’s Calcaterra memoir, Etched in Sand, is an inspiring and triumphant coming-of-age story of tenacity and hope.Regina Calcaterra is a successful lawyer, New York State official, and activist. Her painful early life, however, was quite different. Regina and her four siblings survived an abusive and painful childhood only to find themselves faced with the challenges of the foster-care system
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