For anyone considering or going through Fostering for Adoption, this book gives you a detailed, personal account of the process which takes you through all the stages and prepares you to cope with the highs and lows.
CORCORAN / GOTCHABack PageThis story of two immigrants from Ireland takes you on a journey of perplexing hardships, isolation, and rejection as you witness faltering decision-making processes.
When we think of someone adopted, we think of someone who has been abandoned, unwanted, or suffered great loss and then someone comes along who chooses to love them, bring them into their own life, and help them walk through the hurt, anger, and other issues of their lives.
I had long contemplated writing this memoir, and with infertility on the rise even more now than when I was in my childbearing years, I felt compelled to share my story in the hopes of inspiring others to consider all their options when looking to start a family of their own.
After moving to a humble cottage outside of a tiny Texas town, Debra Monroe rids herself of an abusive husband, battles sexist contractors and workers as she renovates her home, and finally, after several disheartening letdowns, is able to adopt her beautiful baby daughter, Marie.
As she was growing up, Anita Venes forgot many things about her origins - who she was, where everybody else was, why she had a strange name which people kept changing.
A powerful novel about a gay man's struggle to adopt the daughter of his late best friend'Unputdownable' The Times'Arditti writes exactly like Dickens' Scotland on Sunday'I honestly couldn't put the book down' Literary ReviewCandida Mulliner and Leo Young have been the closest of friends since university, living together but loving separately.