This book connects the memoir boom of recent decades with the growing public debate about transnational adoption. Through the close reading of a range of American and Swedish memoirs by transnationally adopted persons, the study considers the functi...Loe edasi...
Laura Abbott, Jacynta S. Krakouer, Bachar Alrouh, Natalie Avlonitis, Ida Benedicte Juhasz, Katy Burch, Susan Burke, Kerri Cleaver, Laura Cowley, Kirsty Kitchen...
This book draws together leading scholars, practitioners and mothers with lived experience to confront the contentious and often hidden practice of infant removal at birth. The first edited collection of its kind, it offers a powerful examination of...Loe edasi...
During Guatemala’s decades-long civil war, tens of thousands of children, many of them Indigenous Maya, were coerced or kidnapped from their homes. They became commodities in a booming private adoption business, and most wound up in the United States...Loe edasi...
Real Help for Real Moments in Foster CareWhen you dont know what to do, this book is here to help. Parenting a child in foster care comes with unique challenges that most parenting books dont cover. Between trauma respons...Loe edasi...
This book includes four chapters that detail the challenges, opportunities, and pathways forward regarding the foster care system. Chapter 1 examines the current landscape of educational interventions in foster care, identifies critical gaps, and ou...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 01-May-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: Linda Leith Publishing, ISBN-13: 9781773901954)
As Janet Torge arrives, stumbles and finally lands solidly on the upper reaches of life, she explores how other senior citizens are grappling wIth this predicament—and adds her own comic voice with such gems as My Love of Sitting, The Belly Fat...Loe edasi...
First published in 1966, Parents Children and Adoption emerged during a time when systematic training materials for adoption professionals were urgently needed. This comprehensive book was specifically designed for social workers and profes...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 01-May-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: America Through Time, ISBN-13: 9781634996020)
On August 15, 1945, as Bostonians celebrated the end of World War II, a well-dressed woman asked a teenage boy to watch her newborn baby. She promised to return after performing an errand but never did. Little Mister Victory is the true story of a li...Loe edasi...
Adoption is one of the most emotive and complex subjects in social and family history. Gill Rossinis social history of adoption between 1850 and 1961 uncovers the perspectives of all those concerned in adoption: children, birth relatives, adoptive fa...Loe edasi...
The Adoptee Guide for Healing, Wholeness & Growth is a thoughtfully crafted and deeply compassionate guided journal by Lynda Monk, an adoptee herself and a seasoned social worker with a background in child welfare.Drawing from...Loe edasi...
This book shares results from a mixed method study of former foster youth and the experiences that influenced the trajectory of their lives during their transitional adulthood years. This book shares results from a mixed method stud...Loe edasi...
FINALIST, NONFICTION, NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS, 2024 FINALIST, 2024 GODDARD RIVERSIDE STEPHAN RUSSO BOOK PRIZE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICEEssential reading. —NPR “Books We Love”“Dares to imagine a diff...Loe edasi...
