Family & Relationships, Adoption & Fostering
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Stone Walls
An Ugly Duckling Story: An adoptee’s search for identity, “family,” and understanding by Sandra Patricia
Sandra Patricia grew up unwanted and unloved, only to become pregnant and give a daughter up for adoption. A few months later, Sandra is horrified to discover that she was adopted specifically to keep her adoptive parents from divorcing. Their...
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Project Opikihiwawin and the Sixties Scoop
How White Parents Helped Their Adopted Children Connect With Their Indigenous Heritage by Cheryl Simmonds and Jamie McKay
For decades, Indigenous children in Canada were taken from their families and placed in foster care or adopted into non-Indigenous homes—a practice most well-known as the Sixties Scoop but one that began years before and continues long after....
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Munni At My Doorstep
A Novel by Nargis Abraham
The setting could be anytime, anywhere in the world, and the protagonist could be any single working woman. Here, the protagonist is Clara Ferguson, a Scottish spinster missionary in British India of the 1890s. One night, a frantic woman pounds...
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Son from Ukraine
A True Story by Sandra Upeslacis
After a long flight, Sandra and Albert Upeslacis step out of the aircraft and look upon Ukraine, a country with a rich heritage and culture that is, in the year 2000, still working to shake off the ghosts of Soviet occupation. A five-week stay...
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How I've Wept
by M.C.M. Yeung
M. Yeung grew up in the foster system. From birth to the age of 18, she carved a life for herself in difficult, often hostile circumstances. This memoir chronicles those painful years and the impact of trauma, abuse, and abandonment. A...
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How to Put Your Kids on A Schedule
A Practical Guide for Scheduling and Sleep Training Your Baby or Toddler to A Happier Family Life and Other Helpful Parenting Tips From A Mother of Twins by Lorelei Burk
When Lorelei Burk adopted her twins when they were just a few days old, she only had 9 days to prepare to bring her babies home from the hospital. She had to learn quick how to put her babies on a schedule to survive. Whether you are a parent of...
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Send A Little Love
Sequel to Young Love - An Adoptee's Memoir by Bonnie Parsons
Bonnie was adopted as an infant. As a young mother, curiosity about her birth parents led to a 35-year search for them. Fortunately, she held on to every scribbled note and document along the way. After a successful search, Bonnie decided to tell...
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The Missing Puzzle Pieces
Finding My Birth Family by Joan Zaretsky
Joan Zaretsky was adopted as an infant, and grew up in a loving, happy home with adoptive parents who supported her to experience many opportunities. Following her retirement, and her adoptive parents passing away, Joan courageously endeavors to...
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A Hole In Our Hearts
The Search For The Son Who Didn't Know He Was Lost by Vonda Peterson and Kelly Neville
Vonda Peterson has a secret. After becoming pregnant in her teens, Vonda hides her pregnancy from her parents and puts her child up for adoption. For the next forty years, she imagines what his life must be like and how hers would have been with...
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Only the Strong Survive
by Ashley Biddiscombe
For many of us, the dream of starting a family is the hope we hold most dear. Sometimes, though, things don’t go as easy as we planned. There are few who will admit the hardship this brings—from struggling with infertility to the daunting process...
