Adoption in Family & Relationships & Nonfiction Audiobooks

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Damaged

The Heartbreaking True Story of a Forgotten Child

by Cathy Glass ...

Narrated by Denica Fairman ...

Unabridged

8 hours 41 min

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 ... Read more

$24.99 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
... 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

by Ann Fessler ...

Narrated by Coleen Marlo ...

Unabridged

12 hours 38 min

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 decades before Roe v. Wade. An adoptee who was herself surrendered during those years and recently made contact with her mother, Fessler ... Read more

$25.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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 decades before Roe v. Wade. An adoptee who was herself surrendered during those years and recently made contact with her mother, Fessler
... Read more
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A Baby’s Cry

by Cathy Glass ...

Narrated by Denica Fairman ...

Unabridged

9 hours 16 min

What could cause a mother to believe that giving away her newborn baby is her only option? Cathy Glass is about to find out. From author of Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller Damaged comes a harrowing and moving memoir about tiny Harrison, left in Cathy’s care, and the potentially fatal family secret of his beginnings.When Cathy is first asked to foster one-day old Harrison her only ... Read more

$27.99 USD

What could cause a mother to believe that giving away her newborn baby is her only option? Cathy Glass is about to find out. From author of Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller Damaged comes a harrowing and moving memoir about tiny Harrison, left in Cathy’s care, and the potentially fatal family secret of his beginnings.When Cathy is first asked to foster one-day old Harrison her only
... Read more
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Daughters of the Bamboo Grove

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

by Barbara Demick ...

Narrated by Joy Osmanski ...

Unabridged

10 hours 52 min

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 ... Read more

$22.99 USD

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 Mothers

Five women. Five secrets. One missing husband.

by Sarah J Naughton ...

Narrated by Nicky Diss ...

Unabridged

8 hours 29 min

FROM THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING AUTHOR'Dazzlingly inventive'Sunday Times, Crime Book of the Month'A meticulously plotted exploration of friendship, foe-ship and the lies that bind, which builds to a gripping and powerful conclusion'Cara Hunter**********FIVE WOMEN.They meet at their NCT Group. The only thing they have in common is they're all pr... ... Read more

$24.99 USD

FROM THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING AUTHOR'Dazzlingly inventive'Sunday Times, Crime Book of the Month'A meticulously plotted exploration of friendship, foe-ship and the lies that bind, which builds to a gripping and powerful conclusion'Cara Hunter**********FIVE WOMEN.They meet at their NCT Group. The only thing they have in common is they're all pr...
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Sparkle's Story

Thrown Away Children Book 8

by Louise Allen ...

Narrated by Melanie Crawley ...

Series Audiobook 8 - Thrown Away Children
Unabridged

9 hours 7 min

Louise gets a frantic call to take in a damaged and destructive young girl. Separated from her siblings, Sparkle is hostile and angry.A short while after settling in, Sparkle begins to identify as pansexual. A revolution is underway in the Allen household, with Sparkle’s transition motivating all of the young people to explore what becoming an adult means for them.But it’s Sparkle’s escalating ... Read more

$16.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Louise gets a frantic call to take in a damaged and destructive young girl. Separated from her siblings, Sparkle is hostile and angry.A short while after settling in, Sparkle begins to identify as pansexual. A revolution is underway in the Allen household, with Sparkle’s transition motivating all of the young people to explore what becoming an adult means for them.But it’s Sparkle’s escalating
... Read more
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Parenting Children of Trauma

The Foster-Adoption Guide to Understanding Attachment Disorder

by Marcy Pusey ...

Narrated by Dana DiAngelo ...

Unabridged

6 hours 4 min

Do you ever feel confused about what went wrong in your foster or adoption story? Are you fearful about the future of your marriage and your children? Do you ever feel overwhelmed and desperate for help?You are not alone.This book is for parents who feel embarrassed by their dashed hopes of adoption and fearful about the future of their marriage and their children.In this book, Marcy Pusey ... Read more

$15.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Do you ever feel confused about what went wrong in your foster or adoption story? Are you fearful about the future of your marriage and your children? Do you ever feel overwhelmed and desperate for help?You are not alone.This book is for parents who feel embarrassed by their dashed hopes of adoption and fearful about the future of their marriage and their children.In this book, Marcy Pusey
... Read more
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Finding Otipemisiwak

The People Who Own Themselves

by Andrea Currie ...

Narrated by Andrea Currie ...

Unabridged

8 hours 9 min

A Sixties Scoop survivor's journey back to her Nation and the truth of who she isOtipemisiwak is a Plains Cree word describing the Metis, meaning “the people who own themselves.”Andrea Currie was born into a Metis family with a strong lineage of warriors, land protectors, writers, artists, and musicians - all of which was lost to her when she was adopted as an infant into a white family with no ... Read more

$24.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

A Sixties Scoop survivor's journey back to her Nation and the truth of who she isOtipemisiwak is a Plains Cree word describing the Metis, meaning “the people who own themselves.”Andrea Currie was born into a Metis family with a strong lineage of warriors, land protectors, writers, artists, and musicians - all of which was lost to her when she was adopted as an infant into a white family with no
... Read more
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Taken

by Rosie Lewis ...

Narrated by Madeline Gould ...

Unabridged

6 hours 32 min

Experienced foster carer, Rosie Lewis, takes on the heart-breaking case of Megan, a baby born with a drug addiction and a cleft palate.Addicted to drugs from birth because of her mother’s substance abuse during pregnancy, new-born Megan is taken into Rosie’s loving care. Rosie is supposed to help Megan find her new permanent home, but it turns out that Megan has already found her ‘forever mummy’ ... Read more

$24.99 USD

Experienced foster carer, Rosie Lewis, takes on the heart-breaking case of Megan, a baby born with a drug addiction and a cleft palate.Addicted to drugs from birth because of her mother’s substance abuse during pregnancy, new-born Megan is taken into Rosie’s loving care. Rosie is supposed to help Megan find her new permanent home, but it turns out that Megan has already found her ‘forever mummy’
... Read more
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Рожденные сердцем. Честная история приемного родительства

by Екатерина Кузнецова ...

Narrated by Александра Максимова ...

Series series Родители. Все, что надо знать
Unabridged

4 hours 32 min

Приемное родительство — порой тернистый, непростой путь, ведущий к семейному счастью. Честно и открыто рассказанная история материнства Екатерины состоит не только из самых светлых и радостных страниц, но и из мрачных, сложных дней, через которые проходят все приемные родители. Сегодня Екатерина растит двух замечательных детей, рожденных не телом, но сердцем, и готова поделиться с вами своим ... Read more

$11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Приемное родительство — порой тернистый, непростой путь, ведущий к семейному счастью. Честно и открыто рассказанная история материнства Екатерины состоит не только из самых светлых и радостных страниц, но и из мрачных, сложных дней, через которые проходят все приемные родители. Сегодня Екатерина растит двух замечательных детей, рожденных не телом, но сердцем, и готова поделиться с вами своим
... Read more
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A Family Friend

There was only one man Sammy could turn to…

by Casey Watson ...

Narrated by Kate Lock ...

Unabridged

9 hours 10 min

There was only one man Sammy could turn to…With his young mother in and out of prison, Sammy has been in care since he was nine years old. Left feeling entirely alone, he has never had a proper safe haven.There is one person looking out for Sammy: his neighbour, ‘Uncle Kenny’. But while Sammy may turn to Kenny for comfort, alarm bells soon start to ring for experienced foster carer Casey Watson ... Read more

$28.99 USD

There was only one man Sammy could turn to…With his young mother in and out of prison, Sammy has been in care since he was nine years old. Left feeling entirely alone, he has never had a proper safe haven.There is one person looking out for Sammy: his neighbour, ‘Uncle Kenny’. But while Sammy may turn to Kenny for comfort, alarm bells soon start to ring for experienced foster carer Casey Watson
... Read more
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Where Women are Kings

from the author of The Language of Kindness

by Christie Watson ...

Narrated by Adjoa Andoh ...

Unabridged

10 hours 6 min

Elijah, seven years old, is covered in scars and has a history of disruptive behaviour. His adoptive mother Nikki believes that she and her husband Obi are strong enough to accept his difficulties - and that being white will not affect her ability to raise a black son.Elijah's birth mother Deborah loves her son like the world has never known. Elijah thinks it's his fault they can't be together ... Read more

$24.99 USD

Elijah, seven years old, is covered in scars and has a history of disruptive behaviour. His adoptive mother Nikki believes that she and her husband Obi are strong enough to accept his difficulties - and that being white will not affect her ability to raise a black son.Elijah's birth mother Deborah loves her son like the world has never known. Elijah thinks it's his fault they can't be together
... Read more
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Normal Schmormal

My occasionally helpful guide to parenting kids with special needs

by Ashley Blaker ...

Narrated by Ashley Blaker ...

Unabridged

8 hours 21 min

The heartwarming and hilarious part-memoir, part-guide from comedian and father-of-six Ashley Blaker, on parenting, adoption and raising children with special needs.‘A funny, irreverent and loving book’ Daily Express‘We had such a variety of experts visiting our home, we really needed a revolving door. All these professionals would watch our son playing while shaking their heads and making tutting ... Read more

$25.99 USD

The heartwarming and hilarious part-memoir, part-guide from comedian and father-of-six Ashley Blaker, on parenting, adoption and raising children with special needs.‘A funny, irreverent and loving book’ Daily Express‘We had such a variety of experts visiting our home, we really needed a revolving door. All these professionals would watch our son playing while shaking their heads and making tutting
... Read more
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An Innocent Baby

Why would anyone abandon little Darcy-May?

by Cathy Glass ...

Narrated by Denieca Fairman ...

Unabridged

8 hours 19 min

When foster carer, Cathy Glass, is asked to foster Darcy-May, a two-day old baby, she is very concerned.The baby is coming to her straight from hospital and will have no contact with her teenage mother, Haylea. Even more worrying, she will be brought to Cathy with a police escort as it’s vital her extended family don’t know where she is.Abandoned at birth, Cathy and her family quickly bond with ... Read more

$24.99 USD

When foster carer, Cathy Glass, is asked to foster Darcy-May, a two-day old baby, she is very concerned.The baby is coming to her straight from hospital and will have no contact with her teenage mother, Haylea. Even more worrying, she will be brought to Cathy with a police escort as it’s vital her extended family don’t know where she is.Abandoned at birth, Cathy and her family quickly bond with
... Read more
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One of the Family

Why A Dog Called Maxwell Changed My Life - The Sunday Times bestseller

by Nicky Campbell ...

Narrated by Nicky Campbell ...

Unabridged

7 hours 1 min

Long Lost Family presenter and Radio 5 breakfast show host Nicky Campbell reveals how the simple unconditional love of Maxwell, his Labrador, turned his life around and helped him come to terms with his difficult journey as an adopted child.Dogs have been the common link between the key moments in Nicky Campbell's life: there was Toby, the dog he never knew and who sat devotedly by his cot before ... Read more

$24.99 USD

Long Lost Family presenter and Radio 5 breakfast show host Nicky Campbell reveals how the simple unconditional love of Maxwell, his Labrador, turned his life around and helped him come to terms with his difficult journey as an adopted child.Dogs have been the common link between the key moments in Nicky Campbell's life: there was Toby, the dog he never knew and who sat devotedly by his cot before
... Read more
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Broken

A traumatised girl. Her troubled brother. Their shocking secret.

by Rosie Lewis ...

Narrated by Madeline Gould ...

Unabridged

7 hours 23 min

Nine-year-old Archie and his five-year-old sister, Bobbi, are taken into emergency police protective custody after an incident of domestic violence at their family home.Rosie collects the children from their out-of-hours foster carer on New Year’s Day and instantly recognises Archie from a domestic violence workshop she helped with. Rosie remembers that when asked what he enjoyed most about the ... Read more

$24.99 USD

Nine-year-old Archie and his five-year-old sister, Bobbi, are taken into emergency police protective custody after an incident of domestic violence at their family home.Rosie collects the children from their out-of-hours foster carer on New Year’s Day and instantly recognises Archie from a domestic violence workshop she helped with. Rosie remembers that when asked what he enjoyed most about the
... Read more
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Rock Needs River

A Memoir About a Very Open Adoption

by Vanessa McGrady ...

Narrated by Vanessa McGrady ...

Unabridged

5 hours 35 min

From a story first told in the popular New York Times parenting blog comes a funny, touching memoir about a mother who welcomes more than a new daughter into her home.After two years of waiting to adopt—slogging through paperwork and bouncing between hope and despair—a miracle finally happened for Vanessa McGrady. Her sweet baby, Grace, was a dream come true. Then Vanessa made a highly uncommon ... Read more

$24.99 USD

From a story first told in the popular New York Times parenting blog comes a funny, touching memoir about a mother who welcomes more than a new daughter into her home.After two years of waiting to adopt—slogging through paperwork and bouncing between hope and despair—a miracle finally happened for Vanessa McGrady. Her sweet baby, Grace, was a dream come true. Then Vanessa made a highly uncommon
... Read more
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Finding Stevie

A dark secret. A child in crisis.

by Cathy Glass ...

Narrated by Denica Fairman ...

Unabridged

8 hours 57 min

Finding Stevie is a dark and poignant true story that highlights the dangers lurking online.When Stevie’s social worker tells Cathy, an experienced foster carer, that Stevie, 14, is gender fluid she isn’t sure what that term means and looks it up.Stevie, together with his younger brother and sister, have been brought up by their grandparents as their mother is in prison. But the grandparents can ... Read more

$27.99 USD

Finding Stevie is a dark and poignant true story that highlights the dangers lurking online.When Stevie’s social worker tells Cathy, an experienced foster carer, that Stevie, 14, is gender fluid she isn’t sure what that term means and looks it up.Stevie, together with his younger brother and sister, have been brought up by their grandparents as their mother is in prison. But the grandparents can
... Read more
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Adopción. Dejar sanar el alma

by Carolina Skyldberg, Carolina Skyldberg ...

Narrated by Kyria Montoya ...

Unabridged

4 hours

Hoy conozco la importancia de ser sincera conmigo misma y de seguir los dictados del corazón. Cuando yo tomé la decisión de buscar ami madre biológica, ya nada podía detenerme. La meta estaba definida y trabajé para llegar a ella. «Con valentía Carolina entrega su historia. Nos cuenta del vacío que sentía desde muy niña y del anhelo que la hizo viajar hasta Colombia para buscar a su mamá biológica ... Read more

$16.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Hoy conozco la importancia de ser sincera conmigo misma y de seguir los dictados del corazón. Cuando yo tomé la decisión de buscar ami madre biológica, ya nada podía detenerme. La meta estaba definida y trabajé para llegar a ella. «Con valentía Carolina entrega su historia. Nos cuenta del vacío que sentía desde muy niña y del anhelo que la hizo viajar hasta Colombia para buscar a su mamá biológica
... Read more
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Ghost Child

by Casey Watson ...

Narrated by Kate Lock ...

Unabridged

8 hours 6 min

All Molly wants is somewhere she can feel safe…After her mother is charged with drugs and neglect, six-year-old Molly arrives at Casey and Mike's as an emergency placement, carrying secrets no child should have to keep.But just as Molly begins to trust Casey, a heartbreaking event and the arrival of someone from her past threaten her chance of a fresh start.Can Casey uncover the truth and protect ... Read more

$25.99 USD

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All Molly wants is somewhere she can feel safe…After her mother is charged with drugs and neglect, six-year-old Molly arrives at Casey and Mike's as an emergency placement, carrying secrets no child should have to keep.But just as Molly begins to trust Casey, a heartbreaking event and the arrival of someone from her past threaten her chance of a fresh start.Can Casey uncover the truth and protect
... Read more
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Weeds Like Us

A Memoir by Janiva Magness

by Janiva Magness ...

Narrated by Janiva Magness ...

Unabridged

11 hours 4 min

***Weeds Like Us***is the stunning memoir from Janiva Magness, six years in the writing and a lifetime in the making. This Grammy nominated artist possesses an earthy, raw honesty and beauty born from her life experience. She has been awarded the Blues' highest honors. Now comes her miraculous and deeply moving story about a life worth living, in audio, in her own voice.New music recordings made ... Read more

$25.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

***Weeds Like Us***is the stunning memoir from Janiva Magness, six years in the writing and a lifetime in the making. This Grammy nominated artist possesses an earthy, raw honesty and beauty born from her life experience. She has been awarded the Blues' highest honors. Now comes her miraculous and deeply moving story about a life worth living, in audio, in her own voice.New music recordings made
... Read more
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Helpless

Are Riley and his two little siblings in danger?

by Cathy Glass ...

Narrated by DeNica Fairman ...

Unabridged

8 hours 7 min

The 32nd fostering memoir from international bestseller Cathy GlassStruggling to cope with three young children, Janie turns to experienced foster carer Cathy Glass. Helping the family each morning, Cathy soon uncovers how dangerous their situation has truly become.Riley and his two little siblings, Jayden and Lola, are not safe at home.With all three children in her care, will Cathy be able to ... Read more

$25.99 USD

The 32nd fostering memoir from international bestseller Cathy GlassStruggling to cope with three young children, Janie turns to experienced foster carer Cathy Glass. Helping the family each morning, Cathy soon uncovers how dangerous their situation has truly become.Riley and his two little siblings, Jayden and Lola, are not safe at home.With all three children in her care, will Cathy be able to
... Read more
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Instant Mom

by Nia Vardalos ...

Narrated by Nia Vardalos ...

Unabridged

7 hours 35 min

Some families are created in different ways but are still, in every way, a family.Writer and star of My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Nia Vardalos firmly believed she was supposed to be a mom, but Mother Nature and modern medicine had put her in a headlock. So she made a choice that shocked friends, family, and even herself: with only fourteen hours' notice, she adopted a preschooler.Instant Mom is ... Read more

$25.99 USD

Some families are created in different ways but are still, in every way, a family.Writer and star of My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Nia Vardalos firmly believed she was supposed to be a mom, but Mother Nature and modern medicine had put her in a headlock. So she made a choice that shocked friends, family, and even herself: with only fourteen hours' notice, she adopted a preschooler.Instant Mom is
... Read more
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Who Will Love Me Now?

Neglected, unloved and rejected, can Maggie help a little girl desperate for a home to call her own?

by Maggie Hartley ...

Narrated by Penelope McDonald ...

Series Audiobook 1 - A Maggie Hartley Foster Carer Story
Unabridged

6 hours 47 min

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERAt just ten years old, Kirsty has already suffered a lifetime of heartache and suffering. Neglected by her teenage mother and taken into care, Kirsty thought she had found her forever family when she is fostered by Pat and Mike, who she comes to see as her real mum and dad.But when Pat has a heart attack and collapses in front of her, Kirsty's foster family say it's all ... Read more

$22.99 USD

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERAt just ten years old, Kirsty has already suffered a lifetime of heartache and suffering. Neglected by her teenage mother and taken into care, Kirsty thought she had found her forever family when she is fostered by Pat and Mike, who she comes to see as her real mum and dad.But when Pat has a heart attack and collapses in front of her, Kirsty's foster family say it's all
... Read more

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