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The Lucky Few
By Heather Avis Zondervan, 2017, ISBN: 978-0-310-34549-7, 220 pages, $16.99 The path to adoption is not the first choice for many people, but a lucky few will have their lives forever changed by adoption. Author […]
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The Poverty Industry: The Exploitation of America’s Most Vulnerable Citizens
By Daniel L. Hatcher New York University Press, 2016, ISBN-13: 978-1479874729, 288 pages, $35 Attorney Daniel L. Hatcher’s thesis is this: Public and private agencies charged with caring for America’s most vulnerable citizens — children […]
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Girl Unbroken
By Regina Calcaterra and Rosie Maloney William Morrow Publishing, 2016, ISBN: 978-0-06-241258-4, 401 pages, $15.99 Rosie Calcaterra grew up safe and protected by her older sisters and brother. Abandoned and abused by their mother, Rosie […]
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Empowering Caregivers, Strengthening Families
National Foster Care Month Recognizes the Critical Need to Support and Develop Resource Families BY JANE RACHAL For the more than 400,000 children and youth in foster care, having an adequate pool of qualified resource […]
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Cleo Edison Oliver in Persuasion Power
By Sundee T. Frazier Arthur A. Levine Books, 2017, ISBN: 978-0-545-82239-8, 242 pages, $16 In the book, titled for the character, “Cleo Edison Oliver in Persuasion Power,” Cleo is a charming girl on a mission […]
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It’s Not About You: Understanding Adoptee Search, Reunion and Open Adoption
An Anthology for Birth and Adoptive Parents and their Therapists Edited by Brooke Randolph, MA, NCC, LMHC Entourage Publishing, 2017, ISBN-13: 978-1942312093, 318 pages, $16.65 “It’s Not About You: Understanding Adoptee Search, Reunion and Open […]
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The If, Not When
A story of allegations By Shane Downing Ever since she was a little girl, Grace Meyers knew she wanted a big family. She also knew she wanted to one day adopt a child. Two, to […]
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Accessing & Layering Post-Adoption Services
By Salena Burden You are not alone. There are hundreds of families around you, thousands of families across the United States and worldwide that are searching for the same thing you are. They are looking […]
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Finding Aster
Finding Aster By Dina McQueen Finding Aster— our Ethiopian adoption story, is a fascinating memoir that follows one woman’s journey to motherhood via international adoption. The title could just as easily have been, Finding Dina, […]
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The Post-Adoption Blues Overcoming the Unforeseen Challenges of Adoption
The Post-Adoption Blues Overcoming the Unforeseen Challenges of Adoption By Karen J. Foli, Ph.D. and John R. Thompson, M.D. The path to parenting through adoption is rich with rewards and fulfillment. But it’s not without […]