Tony was taken in at the age of three by Mary Hynes and Janet Simons, after being separated from his mother, who suffered from schizophrenia. After that time, he was […]
Curious is the story of Christina Dent’s learning journey after a life-changing experience with the mother of her foster son sparks curiosity about the best way to reduce harm from drugs. [...]
In Grandmothering While Black, sociologist LaShawnDa L. Pittman explores the complex lives of Black grandmothers raising their grandchildren in skipped-generation households (consisting only of [...]
A powerful decade-long study of adoption in the age of Roe, revealing the grief of the American mothers for whom the choice to parent was never real Adoption has always been […]
Description “Lisa Ko’s powerful debut, The Leavers, is the winner of the 2016 PEN/Bellwether Prize for Fiction, awarded by Barbara Kingsolver for a novel that addresses issues of social [...]
An adoption expert and transracial adoptee herself examines the unique perspectives and challenges these adoptees have as they navigate multiple cultures “Your parents are so amazing for adopting [...]
Description “All behavior makes sense” ‘”It most certainly does not!” is probably your first reaction. Parenting and neuroscience expert Robyn Gobbel is here to [...]
Description Lynn watched her beloved Clare, newly adopted from Haiti, crawl the house in a frantic search for her lost mother. Preschool Clare enchanted with belly laughs and shining smiles. […]
Book Description The shocking, deeply reported story of a murder-suicide that claimed the lives of six children―and a searing indictment of the American foster care system. On March 26, 2018, [...]
For decades, Katie D’Angelo and Valerie Harrison engaged in conversations about race and racism. However, when Katie and her husband, who are white, adopted Gabriel, a biracial child, Katie’s [...]
