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Popular cozy enthusiast and blogger, Liz Marie, and her husband Jose Galvan draw on the sweet story of bringing home a lamb to White Cottage Farm to craft We Belong to Each Other, their first children's book, which focuses on finding family.
At first, Grace feels as if she doesn't belong because she is the only sheep at White Cottage Farm. But, as she experiences the love of the other animals and of the kind man and woman and their baby, she begins...
622) Emily Out of Focus
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Twelve-year-old Emily is flying with her parents to China to adopt and bring home a new baby sister. She's excited but nervous to travel across the world and very aware that this trip will change her entire life. And the cracks are already starting to show the moment they reach the hotel-her parents are all about the new baby, and have no interest in exploring.
In the adoption trip group, Emily meets Katherine, a Chinese-American girl whose family...
623) Unbearable Splendor
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Sun Yung Shin moves ideas--of identity (Korean, American, adoptee, mother, Catholic, Buddhist) and interest (mythology, science fiction, Sophocles)--around like building blocks, forming and reforming new constructions of what it means to be at home. What is a cyborg but a hybrid creature of excess? A thing that exceeds the sum of its parts. A thing that has extended its powers, enhanced, even superpowered.
624) Instant Mom
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"Some families are created in different ways but are still, in every way, a family."
Writer and star of My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Nia Vardalos firmly believed she was supposed to be a mom, but Mother Nature and modern medicine had put her in a headlock. So she made a choice that shocked friends, family, and even herself: with only fourteen hours' notice, she adopted a preschooler.
Instant Mom is Vardalos's poignant and hilarious true chronicle of...
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From the award-winning radio and TV personality and beloved two-time New York Times bestselling author Bobby Bones, Stanley the Dog: The First Day of School is a hilarious and heartfelt new picture book about a bulldog pup named Stanley and his adventures on the first day of school.
Today is Stanley's first day of school-and he really doesn't want to go. Stanley would rather dawdle in bed and dither over which collar to wear than get on the school...
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A world without mercy is like a day without SUNSHINE.Mercy might seem insignificant-until the moment you're the one in need of it. Although it's a small word, it yields big impact. Yet too often it is misunderstood.
Author Linda Oberbrunner learned the power of mercy firsthand. Born in the Midwest back in the 1950s, she found herself caught up in economic, racial, social, and political tension. Riots, protests, and crisis were common place creating...
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In the third and final installment in the thrilling Dissenters series, the Sykes family are hoping to enjoy a normal Cape Cod summer. But there are strong and surprising forces lined up against them and there will be unexpected revelations and the highest price will have to be paid.
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While many proponents of transracial adoption claim that American society is increasingly becoming "color-blind," a growing body of research reveals that for transracial adoptees of all backgrounds, racial identity does matter. Rhonda M. Roorda elaborates significantly on that finding, specifically studying the effects of the adoption of black and biracial children by white parents. She incorporates diverse perspectives on transracial adoption by...
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"This book is my adoption story, but it is much more than that. It is also the story of how I discovered what is important in life and how I learned to trust the universe."
Journey to My Daughter is about becoming a mother. It details everything from author Jennifer Rose Asher's decision to have a child, to two miscarriages, a whirlwind trip to Vietnam, and how she eventually found her daughter. Along the way, Jennifer and her husband tried multiple...
631) At the Mile End Gate
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Is their love strong enough to weather the storm?
It's 1945, the war is over and the soldiers are coming back to the bomb-ravaged East End. Tom Smith is one of the thousands who are returning home. He can't wait to see his wife, Jessie, their son, Billy, and the new baby daughter he hasn't even laid eyes on.
But life back home wasn't easy, especially once Jessie's army pension was stopped after Tom deserted. So when she was told to put her infant...
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In this groundbreaking collection of essays, poems, and creative nonfiction, more than twenty-nine writers offer witty and incisive insight into the unique experience of being or having an older parent in today's world.
By turns raw, funny, tender, and wise, these stories reshape our understanding of the social factors that impact later parenthood, honor the strength and resilience required to overcome countless challenges posed in healthcare and...
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A bestseller in the UK, this moving debut novel is a modern Philomena story of love, both lost and found.
Secrets can't last forever....
In a crumbling mansion in a small Irish village in County Wicklow, two elderly sisters, Ella and Roberta O'Callaghan, live alone in Roscarbury Hall with their secrets, memories, and mutual hatred. Long estranged, the two communicate only by terse notes. But when the sisters are threatened with bankruptcy, Ella...
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"Everything you know about bio kids, throw it out," Sally writes. "We are not in the same arena. We are not even in the same country." “In Search of Serenity” recounts the stories of adoption through the foster system, not once, but twice, as Sally J King weaves her daughter's adoption odyssey with her own. Apprehended as a starved and neglected infant, Sally became a ward of children's services until being adopted at six months of age. Though...
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The longing and quest for dreams as experienced by two completely different women is, paralleled in this tale through their acts of perseverance, survival and self-discovery. Each must decide to surrender or continue in their quests, as they stumble over roadblocks and cross paths with people who affect their choices.
Sue is determined to find her forever family as she nears the age of fifty. Unbelievable at times and nerve-racking at others, she...
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With high school behind him, Sam Barger was ready to make 1969 his year. He would finally become a setnet fisherman like he'd always dreamed. Sam soon learned that dreams and reality often differ with the fishing turned sour, the military draft was threatening, and his girlfriend was pregnant. With Tricky Dick in the White House, peace talks in Paris, and war in Vietnam all of America was in turmoil. After 1967s summer of love and 1968s summer of...
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Emily Chang is a seasoned executive who has worked with some of the world's most renowned companies like Procter & Gamble, Apple, and Starbucks. Over the last twenty-one years, her job has brought her and her family to eight different homes across the U.S and China. And everywhere she's lived, Emily has found herself at the unique intersection of her Offer and Offense. Life has served up young people who have been abused, neglected or marginalized,...
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When young single mother Grace Devlin is diagnosed with cancer her best chance of survival is to find a bone marrow transplant. But with her young son Jack to think about, and the return of his father Liam reminding her of feelings she'd thought she'd buried long ago, Grace refuses to give up hope just yet. With the help of her friends she bravely embarks on a journey of discovery - one that will bring her from her home in vibrant Dublin to the unspoilt...
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Two girls, from very different places, are brought together in a tale of loss, courage and family.
Abela has lost everything, and now she must leave her home in Tanzania and flee to Britain.
Rosa's struggling to cope with her mum's wish to adopt a child.
When they are brought together, will Abela and Rosa ever be able to love one another like sisters?
From the Carnegie Medal-winning author Berlie Doherty, The Girl Who Saw Lions is a powerful and...
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The Cotton Candy Gang was written for author Kim Foulkes' six, almost seven, granddaughters (one is on the way). She included her beautiful grandchildren as characters in the book, which showcase their many unique personality types.
Kim has always been passionate about children and worked closely with them for many years. She ran a home daycare center when her children were young. She is an active grandma and makes each child feel important...
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