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  • Mothers in ARMS

    Forced adoption - mothers find a voice

    by Meg Hale ...
    "We know you have suffered enduring effects from these practices forced upon you by others. For the loss, the grief, the disempowerment, the stigmatisation and the guilt, we say sorry." In March 2013, Prime Minister Julia Gillard made the National Apology to those who had endured decades of suffering. Figures were not recorded but an estimated 150,000 to 250,000 babies had been adopted in ... Read more

    $7.19 USD

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  • Beyond Grace’s Rainbow

    by Carmel Harrington ...
    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 ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • The Mistress's Daughter

    A Memoir

    by A.M. Homes ...
    The "fierce and eloquent" (New York Times) memoir from A.M Homes, award-winning author of May We Be Forgiven and the forthcoming novel The UnfoldingThe acclaimed writer A. M. Homes was given up for adoption before she was born. Her biological mother was a twenty-two-year-old single woman who was having an affair with a much older married man with a family of his own. The Mistress's Daughter is the ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Walk to Beautiful

    The Power of Love and a Homeless Kid Who Found the Way

    by Mr. Jimmy Wayne ...
    A New York Times bestseller! Imagine yourself a thirteen-year-old hundreds of miles away from home, in a strange city, and your mom leaves you at a bus station parking lot and drives off into the night with her lover.That’s the real-life story of country music star Jimmy Wayne. It’s a miracle that Jimmy survived being hungry and homeless, bouncing in and out of the foster care system, and sleeping ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Shameless

    The Fight for Adoption Disclosure and the Search for My Son

    by Marilyn Churley ...
    In the late 1960s, at the age of eighteen and living far from home amidst the thriving counterculture of Ottawa, Marilyn Churley got pregnant. Like thousands of other women of the time she kept the event a secret. Faced with few options, she gave the baby up for adoption.Over twenty years later, as the Ontario NDP government’s minister responsible for all birth, death, and adoption records, ... Read more

    $18.79 USD

  • Forever Lily

    An Unexpected Mother's Journey to Adoption in China

    by Beth Nonte Russell ...
    "Will you take her?" she asks.When Beth Nonte Russell travels to China to help her friend Alex adopt a baby girl from an orphanage there, she thinks it will be an adventure, a chance to see the world. But her friend, who had prepared for the adoption for many months, panics soon after being presented with the frail baby, and the situation develops into one of the greatest challenges of Russell's ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Broken: Part 1 of 3

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

    by Rosie Lewis ...
    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

    $3.99 USD

  • A Mother's Adoption Journey

    by Darlene Ryan ...
    Twelve years into her marriage, Darlene realized that she wanted a child. At age forty, things weren't going to be that easy. In this humorous, warm and poignant book, Darlene decides that the most sensible option left to her is adoption. Through narrativ ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • The Post-Adoption Blues

    Overcoming the Unforseen Challenges of Adoption

    by Karen J. Foli, John R. Thompson ...
    Over 150,000 people adopt children each year, and more than 2 million parents are now raising adopted children and grandchildren. While the path to parenting through adoption is rich with rewards and fulfillment, it's not without its bumps. This compassionate, illuminating, and ultimately uplifting book is the first to openly recognize the very normal feelings of stress that adoptive families ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Reparenting the Child Who Hurts

    A Guide to Healing Developmental Trauma and Attachments

    by Caroline Archer, Christine Gordon ...
    Finally, a parenting book which demystifies the latest thinking on neurobiology, physiology and trauma and explains what the research means for the everyday life of parents of children who hurt. As experts on adoption and fostering who are adoptive parents themselves, Caroline Archer and Christine Gordon explain how this knowledge can help parents to better understand and care for their child. ... Read more

    $25.39 USD

  • Life Story Work with Children Who are Fostered or Adopted

    Creative Ideas and Activities

    by Katie Wrench, Lesley Naylor ...
    Life story work is one of the key therapeutic approaches to working with adopted or fostered children. While it sounds simple, there is much more to this work than producing photo albums or memory boxes for children.This accessible book is full of tried and tested activities and creative ideas for professionals, parents and carers who may have little time and few resources, but who need to carry ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • Foster Parent Handbook

    by Mary R. Rapshaw ...
    BECOME A FOSTER PARENT A mom, dad, house and dog do not make a home. Everyday, there are children who experience this sad fact when they are removed from their home due to neglect or abuse. Not every foster child has a foster family. In some regions, foster children must wait for long periods of time in shelter care. More than one-half million children in the United States rely on foster families ... Read more

    $3.99 USD