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  • The Lonely Little Horse

    A Chinese Adoption Story

    by Mick Verga ...
    The Lonely Little Horse is based on the real life adoption of the authors daughter Amanda and is written in an animal fable genre, some true names and facts and some good old fashioned storytelling! ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

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  • Nobody’s Son: Part 3 of 3

    All Alex ever wanted was a family of his own

    by Cathy Glass ...
    Born in a prison and removed from his drug-dependent mother, rejection is all that 7-year-old Alex knows.When Cathy is asked to foster little Alex, aged 7, her immediate reaction is: Why can’t he stay with his present carers for the last month? He’s already had many moves since coming into care as a toddler and he’ll only be with her a short while before he goes to live with his permanent adoptive ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • In On It: What Adoptive Parents Would Like You To Know About Adoption. A Guide for Relatives and Friends

    by Elisabeth O'Toole ...
    In On It is the book for the grandparents and best friends, colleagues and neighbors, aunts and uncles, teachers and caregivers of contemporary adoptive families. It offers advice, information and insights into contemporary adoption -- especially for readers who are not themselves adoptive parents. In On It explains the decision-making processes that lead parents to adopt, the adoption process ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • Bastards

    A Memoir

    by Mary Anna King ...
    "Searing…explores how identity forms love, and love, identity. Written in engrossing, intimate prose, it makes us rethink how blood’s deep connections relate to the attachments of proximity." —Andrew Solomon, author of Far from the TreeIn the early 1980s, Mary Hall is a little girl growing up in poverty in Camden, New Jersey, with her older brother Jacob and parents who, in her words, were "great ... Read more

    $11.69 USD

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  • You Can Adopt

    An Adoptive Families Guide

    by Susan Caughman, Isolde Motley ...
    From Adoptive Families magazine, the country’s leading resource on adoption, this warm, authoritative book is full of practical, realistic advice from leading attorneys, doctors, social workers, and psychologists, as well as honest, intimate stories from real parents and children. You Can Adopt answers every question–even the ones you’re afraid to ask:• When should I shift from fertility treatment ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Fostering Nation?

    Canada Confronts Its History of Childhood Disadvantage

    by Veronica Strong-Boag ...
    Series series Studies in Childhood and Family in Canada
    Fostering Nation? Canada Confronts Its History of Childhood Disadvantage explores the missteps and the promise of a century and more of child protection efforts by Canadians and their governments. It is the first volume to offer a comprehensive history of what life has meant for North America’s most disadvantaged Aboriginal and newcomer girls and boys.Gender, class, race, and (dis)ability are ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • How It Feels to Be Adopted

    by Jill Krementz ...
    In these wonderfully straightforward accounts of what it means to children to be adopted, nineteen boys and girls, from eight to sixteen years old—and from every social background—confide their feelings about this crucial fact of their lives. It is deeply affecting to listen to these children as they reveal their questions, frustrations, difficulties, and joys with an honesty that is immediate, ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Attachment in Common Sense and Doodles

    A Practical Guide

    by Miriam Silver ...
    Attachment is a word used to describe a simple idea – the relationship with someone you love or whose opinions are important to you – so why is so much of the language relating to attachment so obscure, and why is it so challenging to help children who lack healthy attachment bonds?Attachment in Common Sense and Doodles aims to bring some clarity and simplicity to the subject. Providing grounded ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Adopting after Infertility

    Messages from Practice, Research and Personal Experience

    by Penny Netherwood, Jenny Gwilt, Gayle Letherby, Sally Baffour, Gill Haworth, Anthea HendryKnight, Nicola Hudson, Lone Schmidt, Peter Selman, Lorraine Culley, Petra Thorn, Jan Way, Julia Feast, Olga Van den Van den Akker ...
    Around three quarters of people who turn to adoption do so because of infertility and those working in this field need information, guidance and support to assist them in the process of adoption to support the adopters and to deal with any issues that may result from infertility.Adopting after Infertility is an accessible and informative interdisciplinary book that addresses the issues that ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

  • A Nest for Our Russian Doll

    by Verda Koene Hanrahan ...
    A Nest for Our Russian Doll is a heartwarming book about a couples struggle with infertility and the eventual adoption of their daughter. This journey leads them halfway across the world to a village north of Moscow where they meet a small two-and-a-half-year-old child who had only known the orphanage as home. It takes you through her transition to America with her new family. This is a story that ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • The Simple Guide to Child Trauma

    What It Is and How to Help

    by Betsy de Thierry ...
    · What is trauma?· How does it affect children?· How can adults help?Providing straightforward answers to these complex questions, The Simple Guide to Child Trauma is the perfect starting point for any adult caring for or working with a child who has experienced trauma. It will help them to understand more about a child's emotional and behavioural responses following trauma and provides welcome ... Read more

    $13.59 USD

  • For Want of a Child

    by Lily Starbright ...
    There is no available information at this time. ... Read more

    $8.69 USD