The Swan Garden tells the story of a young woman who survives a brutal assault and rape, gives birth in a mother baby home, and the abuse she receives in the Magdalene Laundry. After finding a way to get away, she attempts to creat...

Adult adoptee and family therapist Katie Naftzger shares her personal and professional wisdom in this guide to help adoptive parents remain a calm parental influence in the midst of stormy and erratic teen behavior. This guide describ...

Growing up, Tiffany Rochelle had no reason to believe her mother was not who she claimed to be, but that all changed when she was nine. She learned her mother had been living under a false identity since before she was born, and that ...

All My Children actress Jill Larson moved mountains as a single mother to adopt her daughter from China. George Fadok, a former Navy commander, grappled with "changing the rules" eighteen years after placing his daughter in ...

A New York Times Notable Book“Casts a searing eye on the labyrinth that is the American foster care system.” — NPR’s On PointWho are the children of foster care? What, as a country, do we owe them? Cris Beam, a foster mother h...

A must read for prospective adoptive and foster parents as well as those already in the trenches of caring for a child affected by fetal substance abuse, early childhood trauma, abandonment, and attachment issues.Kristin Berry tells h...

"A moving and riveting memoir about one family's love and tragedy…beautifully researched, and expressed" (Anne Lamott).Early one Tuesday morning John Brooks went to his teenage daughter's room. Casey was gone, but she had ...

Two families, open to love--exploring and explaining adoption at birth Leap into a warm-hearted tale about a little squirrel who was adopted at birth Join Sammy as Mom and Dad Rabbit bring him to meet his first family. With its whim...

God's Word says that parents have the power to speak life or death-blessings or curses-over their children. To speak negatively of a child (even in jest) is to tear down a fragile self-image and open that vulnerable heart to the enemy...

The compelling, poignant true stories of victims of a notorious adoption scandal—some of whom learned the truth from Lisa Wingate’s bestselling novel Before We Were Yours and were reunited with birth family members as a re...

It is common in our society to highlight the success stories we hear from adoptive parents and their special needs children. Those success stories give us hope. They demonstrate that children will thrive in a safe and loving home. The...

In this heartfelt story from the bestselling author of My Mouth is a Volcano!, Foster meets new friends and a kind foster mom who help him navigate the fears and feelings associated with going into foster care. Foster has lived with h...

Get your family talking about adoption with the ultimate collection of films to help the whole family to explore their feelings in a fun and safe way. With a film for each week of the year, Addison Cooper has compiled the best movies,...

How can we love with excellence the millions of orphaned and vulnerable children in our world who have lost their parents, have no relatives to love them well, and likely will not be adopted?In Pursuit of Orphan Excellence frames a co...

Most people can tell you more about the rules of baseball than they can about foster care. In fact, the majority of people only know about foster care through what they've seen on TV or heard from someone they know who has foster expe...

· What is shame?· How does it affect children?· How can adults help?The perfect starting point for any adult or carer working with children who have experienced shame, this guide provides straightforward answers and explanations to...

It is staggering to think that more than 200,000 children in the United States enter foster care each year. Half of those stay in the foster care system and never reunite with their families. Those remaining children desperately need ...

The Foster Parenting Manual is a comprehensive guide offering proven, friendly advice for novice and experienced parents alike. Distilling many years' experience into one book, John DeGarmo combines his own wisdom with that of fellow ...

This anthology gives voice to the wide experiences of adoptees and those who love them; examining the emotional, psychological and logistical effects of adoption reunion. Primarily adult adoptee voices, we also hear from adoptive pare...

HOLE IN MY HEART is the compelling story of a mother separated from her child by adoption in the Sixties and the state-imposed secrecy that keeps them apart. Defying convention, Lorraine Dusky reunites with her daughter in the early E...

Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish devotional gives adoptive families encouragement as they seek God to work through the emotions unique to their family. Daily 365 inspiring devotions are filled with scripture and authentic insight into ...

Whether you are considering adoption or have already launched your adoption, Tandem will take you step-by-step down the adoption path and leave you standing in the shadow of our Lord with a child in your arms.Allowing God to be in the...

There are great rewards that come along with being a foster parent, yet there are also great challenges that can leave you feeling depleted, alone, and discouraged. The many burdens of a foster parent's day—struggling children, d...

A redemptive story of family, forgiveness, and the journey to self-acceptance. "Our adopted angel"-that's what Danielle's adoptive parents called her. She grew up adored, doted on, unconditionally loved. It wasn't until s...

An Adoption Miracle....After two years of failed infertility treatments, Kim and her husband began the process of adopting a little girl from Guatemala, certain that adoption would be the "easy way" to build their family. In...

A New York Times Notable Book The shocking truth about postwar adoption in America, told through the bittersweet story of one teenager, the son she was forced to relinquish, and their search to find each other. During the Baby B...

Tilly hates her stepfather, Dave. He abuses her mother, but she refuses to leave him. Frightened for her own safety, Tilly asks to go into foster care and is placed with Cathy. Tilly arrives with a graze on her cheek and Cathy become...

The true story of a 6-year-old boy with a dreadful secret.Oskar's school teacher raises the alarm. Oskar's mother is abroad and he has been left in the care of 'friends', but has been arriving in school hungry, unkempt, and with bruis...

No Sugar-Coating is a warm, straight-up guide that reads like a conversation with a knowledgeable friend. It is filled with practical suggestions interwoven with compelling narrative rooted in foster parenting experience. No Sugar-Coa...

Adoptive families working through attachment issues often feel alone. It doesn't have to be this way though.The communities around them want to help, yet they usually don't know how to help when it comes to attachment issues.A little ...