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If you think her only options are parenting and abortion, this book is for you. American adoption is nothing like it used to be. Those forced, secret adoptions hurt women and their children. Thankfully, adoption in the US has changed dramatically. If you never thought about suggesting adoption, (and never thought you would!), this book is for you.

Healing isn't possible, though, without first uncovering the hurts—starting with adoption's central players: adoptees, who are so often in pain, suffering from what the latest brain science validates as the long-term emotional effects of separation trauma. By encouraging others to vulnerably share their stories, the authors discover that adoptees aren't the only ones in the adoption constellation who are hurting. Birth parents regularly shut down after being shut out by adoptive parents. 

“If you want a lifechanging book, this is the one to read.” —The View “A truly revealing” (Hillary Clinton) memoir of an unlikely journey to parenthood through America’s broken foster care system. What does it take to keep a child safe? As a long-time strategist and activist fighting...

Dr. Susan Mossman Riva was adopted in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1963. In 1995, she sought the help of the Nebraska Children's Home to find her birthmother, leading to the discover of her birth family in 1996. Miraculously, her search and reunion coincided with her biologicals sister's search. The awe and joy of homecoming brought her to the realization that synchronicity acts as a guidepost, repairing relational brokenness. The divine timing of their reunion happened months before their biological, maternal grandmother died.

This book is a conversation starter. It shines a light on what adoption really looks like today: complex, layered, and deeply human. Whether you’re an adoptee, adoptive parent, birth parent, kinship caregiver, teacher, employer, spiritual leader, policymaker, or simply someone who wants to be an ally or advocate, this book offers the language, insight, and practical steps to make adoption a visible and respected part of how we live and relate to one another.

¿Sabías que millones de niños y adolescentes en Estados Unidos y Latinoamérica enfrentan hoy una crisis silenciosa marcada por la ausencia emocional de sus padres? De Huérfanos a Hijos: Encontrando el corazón de un padre es una guía poderosa para quienes han sufrido heridas emocionales por abandono, rechazo o carencias afectivas en su infancia, y desean sanar para no transmitir ese dolor a la siguiente generación.

Andrea Currie was born into a Metis family with a strong lineage of warriors, land protectors, writers, artists, and musicians—all of which was lost to her when she was adopted as an infant into a white family with no connection to her people. It was 1960, and the Sixties Scoop was in full swing. Together with her younger adopted brother, also Metis, she struggled through her childhood, never feeling like she belonged in that world. When their adoptions fell apart during their teen years, the two siblings found themselves on different paths, yet they stayed connected.

This addition to the Adoption Healing series contains information that was not included in the two originals. As in the originals, the listener is provided with a description of the aftermath of the separation of mother and child to adoption and the profound effects on their lives. This is followed by additional methods of healing the subsequent wounds, including more inner child work, new visualizations, healing affirmations, anger management and other thoughts and suggestions for healing. Every chapter includes a summary and exercises to do on one’s own.

Real Help for Real Moments in Foster Care When you don’t know what to do, this book is here to help. Parenting a child in foster care comes with unique challenges that most parenting books don’t cover. Between trauma responses, court dates, system constraints, and well-meaning advice that...

Saroo Brierley's journey home to a small village in India with the help of Google Earth became an internationally bestselling book and inspired the major motion picture LION. But the story of how his adoptive mother, Sue, came into his life half a world away in Tasmania is every bit as riveting...

Louise gets a frantic call to take in a damaged and destructive young girl. Separated from her siblings, Sparkle is hostile and angry. A short while after settling in, Sparkle begins to identify as pansexual. A revolution is underway in the Allen household, with Sparkle's transition motivating all of the young people to explore what becoming an adult means for them.

The Food Security Blanket offers a compassionate roadmap for foster parents, social workers, and therapists supporting children through complex relationships with food. Drawing from a decade of hands-on fostering experience and evidence-based research, this guide reveals practical strategies that address the heart of these behaviors.

Beyond the Honeymoon takes you inside the real experiences of foster families navigating the challenging behaviors that emerge when children finally feel safe enough to show their pain. From food battles and screen time wars to building trust with children who have every reason not to trust, this book offers practical, trauma-informed strategies that actually work in real homes with real families.

Are you feeling drawn to adopt but your mind is afraid, confused, or overwhelmed by stories you've heard in the news and comments from other people? As an adoptive mom of a sibling pair, I am often asked about the foster care adoption process. I often share my own stories and stories I've been told from those I know who have navigated this journey. This is the basis for why this book came to life—to share stories with others who are considering adopting through the foster care system and to raise awareness about the children who are currently waiting in the system for their forever family.

Bestselling author and teacher Casey Watson shares the horrifying true story of Kiera Bentley, a 12-year-old girl with a deeply shocking secret she’s too young to even understand. When Casey first meets Kiera, a small slight girl who’s just lashed out at a fellow pupil in assembly, she...

What if living a life true to yourself meant unraveling everything you were taught to believe? In this powerful continuation of her story, Emma Stevens returns to The Gathering Place and shares the hard-earned wisdom that comes from confronting loss, identity, and truth. As an adult adoptee raised to feel grateful rather than grieve, Emma was shaped by silence, expectation, and trauma. But deep within, resilient parts of her fought to be heard. Through raw and reflective storytelling, she explores what it takes to stop merely surviving and start living intentionally.

Have you ever wondered what really goes on in the hearts and minds of foster children? How do they cope with the trauma of separation, the uncertainty of their future, and the struggle to find their place in the world? The Invisible Scars pulls back the curtain on these often-overlooked aspects of the foster care experience, offering listeners a unique understanding of the emotional journey of foster youth.

Daniel just wants someone he can rely on… With his parents in and out of prison, Daniel has spent the last three years in a children’s home, feeling forgotten and with nowhere to truly belong. When he arrives at Casey and Mike’s, his challenging and unpredictable behaviour soon reveals a...

Camila's Story is the 12th instalment in the popular Thrown Away Children series by Louise Allen.

Foster care could be very different in your community. If you were to find and effectively collaborate with the right people, your county could go from “not enough” to “more than enough.” This audiobook is narrated by author Jason Weber, and will help you lay the essential groundwork to see that happen.