Adoption and fostering Books

"That girl who got knocked up in high school.”Maggie Reynolds went all the way to Los Angeles to escape that label, but she hears the whispers every time she comes home to Eden's Ridge, Tennessee. She's been burning the candle at both...

Two Voices, One StoryThis is the true story of a girl called Amy and the English “mother” who adopted her from an institute in China when she was just a baby.It’s a story about love, family and identity; and the unbreakable bond between...

Sharon Fox ha estado activa en el ministerio de recuperación de la pena durante casi 20 años. Utilizando el modelo de Dios por el duelo de su hijo, Jesus, como la base para entender el dolor, ella prensa un marco de esperanza y alegría a los que han...

This volume examines the many ways in which children's and young people's emotions matter within diverse policy contexts and forms of intervention. Its contributors explore diverse forms of emotion and emotion work including emotions experienced during...

How far would you go to find the family who don’t know you exist?Secret Sibling is a memoir of Christine's search for her biological family after she was given up for adoption as a baby. This globe trotting story spans from World War II to the...

In an unconventional blend of poetry and prose, a birthmother shares her experience of an open adoption. The fear and uncertainty in planning. The heartbreak of losing her child. And the work of healing and building a life after placement. This memoir...

A heart-stopping story that highlights the failure of the agencies we trust to protect the most vulnerable among us-and a truth more compelling and powerful than we could imagine. Abuse reports from neighbors draw attention to twelve-year-old Alexey who...

A Quest for Alex is a heartwarming story based on real-life events following a couple's journey to create a family through international adoption. It reads like an action-adventure novel, as their quest goes from what they thought would be a...

I write fiction. I make up stories. This is not one of them. This story is true. Some minor details have been altered and names changed, but the story itself is true. At some point, you won’t believe it. Hell, I don’t believe some...

Social worker June Hunter races to find a loving adoptive family for a troubled teenage orphan before she ages out of the system. June supports the girl by teaching her how to trust, build healthy relationships, and prepare for an uncertain future...

This is a very unique story. I grew up in the foster care system in the state of Alabama until being adopted at age twelve. Eighteen years later my life came full circle as my wife and I officially became foster parents to three beautiful children. While...

Searching for Mom is a “disarmingly honest” mother-daughter story. Sara Easterly spent a lifetime looking for the perfect mother. As an adoptee she had difficulties attaching to her mother, struggled with her faith, lived the effects of...

What are you willing to sacrifice to save a child who's not your own?The Navarro-Wozniaks became foster parents hoping they would save lives, but they didn't know how broken the child welfare system is. They didn't fully realize the unintended...

Un romanzo intrigante e malizioso che narra di seduzione, di giochi d'amore con sfumature erotiche, senza però mai cadere nella volgarità, fluendo con una scrittura sensuale e appassionante in ogni suo dettaglio.La storia di un giovane pittore e...

"In telling her own true story in Real Belonging, Lynn Price masterfully weaves in lessons to benefit all youth and families involved in foster care, and even those that are not. Lynn tells stories showing the twists, triumphs, setbacks, myths and facts...

Shalita O'Neale embraces the little girl inside, Muffin, to help others navigate through their healing journey; regardless of the type of trauma suffered. Through childhood and early adulthood, Muffin endures abuse, false perceptions, losses, and...

Witness God's Handiwork...A Masterpiece of Joy!Does God really hear and answer very specific prayers? Can He really bring us from the depths of despair and bless us beyond belief? The answer to these questions is a resounding "yes"! This story details...

True story of how a sixteen year old girl, forced to give up her baby girl at birth, finds her after thirty years with the help of a private detective.

When parents form families by reaching across social barriers (the color line, or the boundaries between 'First World' and 'Third World' nations) to adopt children, where and how does race enter the adoption process? How do agencies, parents, and the...

A story about the choices we make, the connections that matter, the secrets we keep, and the power of a wish.Dandelion House, 1974Two teenage girls—strangers—make a pact to keep a secret.Calingarry Crossing, 2014For forty years, Beth and...

Paul Kimball, a biracial adoptee, explores his own abandonment issues as he searches, and eventually reunites with his birth parents. After a seemingly joyous reunion, his birth mother, a Caucasian professional cellist, rejects him. This causes him to...

Why are the most vulnerable children in Australia abused and neglected in plain sight of the child welfare authorities supposed to protect them? The over-emphasis placed on 'family preservation' at almost all costs keeps exposing children to prolonged -...

Always, always carry hope...Jo Horsley's story begins as a small child being rocked by her mother, as she struggles to hand Jo to the adoption agency. Through school and work, heartbreak and marriage, love and loss, Jo discovers more about herself...

Christmas 1961 and an incident occurs which splits a family.It is at this moment that twelve year-old Martyn Bradley discovers he is adopted (even though he's not sure what that means). In seeking further information from his mum, he is told a story so...

In 1940, groups of children travelled from The East End of London to a small Welsh village away from the Blitz - leaving their families behind to experience a rural life far from anything they had previously known.Chris Andrews, who grew up in the...

We never know how far our callings will take us when we start pursuing them. Our initial rose-colored ideas only get us ankle deep along the shore before reality sinks in, and we're faced with opposition from out of nowhere, obstacles we don't know how...

This book is dedicated to reframing the role of a birthmother and is designed to provide support, understanding, and information to grieving birthmothers who have given their child up for adoption so that they may move from an emotional loss to a renewed...

Karen wrote this book to show how important both sides of adoption are. Adoptive parents do not exist with out a birth mother (parents). This book was written for Karen's daughter, Kayleena, to let her know how very much she was wanted and loved before...

THERE IS A REWARD FOR PARENTING: Man may claim that the conception of a particular child was accidental, but in God's eyes every child is in His plan and has a purpose and mission to fulfil here on earth. As a parent, teacher, church or community leader,...

Ever wonder what happens when you tell the Lord, "Send me"?Experienced parents of two grown children, active in ministry, and long-time followers of God, Barbara Kuhls and her husband never dreamed they would serve as parents once again. In Standby for...

C'est une histoire qui explique de manière très claire les différentes formes de conception qui existent de nos jours: le don de sperme, le don d'ovules, le don d'embryons, la maternité de substitution et...

In the days before Roe v. Wade, an ambitious young journalist, abandoned by her hometown beau, leaves Michigan for a dream job on the city desk of a Rochester, New York newspaper. Burned once, she's eager for love, but as the only Girl in the newsroom,...

The coin lost in the river is found in the river.-Zen kōan 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...

Journey for Julie is unique in that the reader is able to follow along with the author as she travels through China to adopt her daughter. The reader is invited to witness the miracle of adoption and discover how God uses trials and setbacks to bring...

Ronald Nydam acquaints the pastoral counselor with some of the struggles that adopted people confront in their development and in their adult lives. Drawn from the compelling stories of people who have been adopted, this book provides an intelligent and...

This book was so great to read and look at a foster child's life from a parent and a child's perspective!! I couldn't put it down , it was heartbreaking and exhilarating at the same time. Don't miss this gem!Mzlabby I enjoyed this book immensely! It...

From authors and speakers, Steven and Courtney Cohen, this companion Guide for Where Your Beginning Began is designed for parents, teachers, counselors, family, and friends of children who join a family through private adoption. This guide is...

"Kids are great. They're a gift and we have to take care of them."Taylor Jensen lived in the closet most of his adult life. He married and had two children as he established himself as a family and civil rights lawyer. When his wife dies of cancer,...

"When I read Bracha Stock's delightful diary and afterthoughts, the prose had a poetic ring to it: distilled memories written by a native Israeli, married to an American, who writes in English in a voice that is uniquely hers. At the heart of this...