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The Child Catchers: Rescue, Trafficking, and the New Gospel of Adoption
The Child Catchers: Rescue, Trafficking, and the New Gospel of Adoption
by Kathryn Joyce
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When Jessie Hawkins’ adopted daughter told her she had another mom back in Ethiopia, Jessie didn’t, at first, know what to think. She’d wanted her adoption to be great story about a child who needed a home and got one, and a family led... (read more)

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The Family Nobody Wanted
The Family Nobody Wanted
by Helen Grigsby Doss
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The remarkable and inspiring true story of a couple who adopted twelve children, ten of them considered "unadoptable" because of mixed racial parentage.... (read more)

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Another Place at the Table
Another Place at the Table
by Kathy Harrison
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"Another Place at the Table" is the story of life at social services' front lines, centered on three children who, when they come together in Harrison's home, nearly destroy it. It is the frank, first-person story of a woman whose compassionate best... (read more)

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Rebuilding Children's Lives: A Blueprint for Treatment, Foster Parents
Rebuilding Children's Lives: A Blueprint for Treatment, Foster Parents
by Christena B Baker
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Parents, teachers, counselors, and day care workers can use this coloring book to teach children social skills and give them incentives for getting along with others. Twenty-four fun-filled charts encourage children to follow instructions, accept "no... (read more)

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Three Little Words (08 Edition)
Three Little Words (08 Edition)
by Ashley Rhodes-courter
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Forty-four caseworkers, fourteen foster homes, and one girl who refused to fall through the cracks. Ashley Rhodes-Courter spent nine years of her life in fourteen different foster homes. As her mother spirals out of control, Ashley is left clinging to an... (read more)

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Carried in Our Hearts: The Gift of Adoption: Inspiring Stories of Families Created Across Continents
Carried in Our Hearts: The Gift of Adoption: Inspiring Stories of Families Created Across Continents
by Jane Aronson
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andquot;My mommy didn't carry me in her tummy, she carried me in her heart.andquot; Bailey, a 5-years old who was adopted from China. Her story is included in this book. According to People magazine, parents from all over the country seek adoption... (read more)

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The Adoption Triangle
The Adoption Triangle
by Arthur D. Sorosky
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A classic and the first to deal with how sealed and open records affect adoptees, birth parents and adoptive parents. Originally published in 1978, ... it is as true and open as the changes advocated ... comprehensive, factual, forward looking, totally... (read more)

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Making Room in Our Hearts: Keeping Family Ties Through Open Adoption
Making Room in Our Hearts: Keeping Family Ties Through Open Adoption
by Micky Duxbury
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Adopted persons face challenges their entire lives as they struggle to answer the most basic question: Who am I? The hope of open adoption is that adopted children will develop stronger identities if they have the opportunity to develop healthy ongoing... (read more)

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The Girls Who Went Away: The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades Before Roe V. Wade
The Girls Who Went Away: The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades Before Roe V. Wade
by Ann Fessler
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In this deeply moving and myth-shattering work, Ann Fessler brings out into the open for the first time the astonishing untold history of the million and a half women who surrendered children for adoption due to enormous family and social pressure in the... (read more)

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The Women Who Raised Me: A Memoir
The Women Who Raised Me: A Memoir
by Victoria Rowell
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Born as a ward of the state of Maine, the child of an unmarried Yankee blueblood mother and an unknown black father, Victoria Rowell beat the odds. The Women Who Raised Me is the remarkable story of her rise out of the foster care system to attain the... (read more)

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Finding Aster: Our Ethiopian Adoption Story
Finding Aster: Our Ethiopian Adoption Story
by Dina Mcqueen
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Finding Aster-an Ethiopian adoption story is a fascinating memoir that follows one woman's journey to motherhood via international adoption. Dina's process begins with major surgery that leaves her unable to bear children. After recovery begins and... (read more)

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Inside Transracial Adoption
Inside Transracial Adoption
by Gail Steinberg
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At last! The co-directors of Pact: An Adoption Alliance offer their dynamic organization's cutting edge tools for fostering honesty and authenticity in matters of adoption and race. Acknowledging white identity issues for transracial adopters and... (read more)

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Parenting Your Internationally Adopted Child: From Your First Hours Together Through the Teen Years
Parenting Your Internationally Adopted Child: From Your First Hours Together Through the Teen Years
by Patty Cogen
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A guide for adoptive parents from preparations for a child's arrival through the teen years.... (read more)

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Mother for Choco (92 Edition)
Mother for Choco (92 Edition)
by Eiko Kasza
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Choco was a little bird who lived all alone. He wished he had a mother, but who could his mother be? "Just right for the preschool group or beginning reader".--Kirkus Reviews, pointer review. "Young listeners will be charmed by the book's humor, warmth... (read more)

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Connected Child : Bring Hope and Healing To Your Adoptive Family (07 Edition)
Connected Child : Bring Hope and Healing To Your Adoptive Family (07 Edition)
by Karyn B. Purvis
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"...an extremely useful parenting handbook... truly outstanding ... strongly recommended." --Library Journal (starred review) "A tremendous resource for parents and professionals alike." --Thomas Atwood, president and CEO, National Council for Adoption... (read more)

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Adoption Nation (2ND 11 Edition)
Adoption Nation (2ND 11 Edition)
by Adam Pertman
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PRAISE for ADOPTION NATION   “Adoption Nation is a treasure. It is the most complete book on adoption—ever—by one of the most eloquent, knowledgeable experts in the field.” - Sharon Roszia, co-author of The Open... (read more)

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I Dont Have Your Eyes
I Dont Have Your Eyes
by Carrie Kitze
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Family connections are important to children as they begin to find their place in the world. For adopted children and children in foster care or kinship placements, celebrating the differences within their families as well as the similarities that... (read more)

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Coming Home to Self
Coming Home to Self
by Nancy Newton Verrier
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Coming Home to Self is a book about becoming aware. It is written for all members of the adoption triad: adoptees, birth parents, and adoptive parents as well as those who are in relationship with them, including professionals. It explains the influence... (read more)

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The Mistress's Daughter: A Memoir
The Mistress's Daughter: A Memoir
by A. M. Homes
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The Mistress's Daughter shows that truth is often stranger than fiction. In the hands of a lesser writer, the people in the book — including the author herself — would have been two-dimensional, bland, and unbelievable. What Homes has created... (read more)

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Successful Adoption: A Guide for Christian Families
Successful Adoption: A Guide for Christian Families
by Natalie N Gillespie
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Complete with stories from those who have adopted, including Steven and Mary Beth Chapman, Rita Springer, Dave Thomas, and Karen Kingsbury, this text brings a practical and spiritual view of adoption. It discusses the types of adoption, where to begin... (read more)

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