Adoption and fostering

'Believable characters, a vivid sense of time and place, thoroughly enjoyable' Rosie GoodwinThe emotionally gripping third book in the beloved classic series from 'one of the nation's favourite saga author' (Lancashire Post) in the grand tradition of Katie Flynn, Dilly Court and Josephine Cox.

Sometimes the most unlikely of friendships are the ones that save us.

It is a story that moves us to tears.

'I promised that I would one day write a book and tell the world about the home for unmarried mothers.

In 1964, in a bare room in Waterloo, a young actress gave her baby for adoption.

'I'll always remember that Christmas.

It is a story that moves us to tears.

A heartbreaking and moving true story of two sisters separated at birth, and their journey towards finding each other, celebrating the true meaning of family.

Tying in to a nationwide joint campaign by the Evangelical Alliance and Care for the Family, Krish Kandiah wants us all to take seriously Jesus's call to 'suffer the little children' by engaging with the needs of the many thousands of children up and down the country who are in care and whom the church could and should be helping.

'He said he loved me.

'Mama is gone and I cry every night.

A tiny puppy, neglected and abused, and the foster carer determined to heal her.

Barby Keel is used to all manner of creatures arriving at the door of the Barby Keel Animal Sanctuary where she lives and works, deep within the Sussex countryside.

Three-year-old Lexie, five-year-old Amelie and thirteen-year-old Leo come to Maggie after Leo confesses to a teacher that his mother's addiction problems and her latest violent relationship has left him as the sole carer to his younger sisters.

Twelve-year-old Meg arrives at Maggie's after a fire destroys the children's home she's been living in.

Quiet and polite, obsessively neat, clean and tidy, eight-year-old Tom is unlike any child Maggie has ever fostered before.

A heartbreaking and inspiring collection of true fostering stories perfect for fans of Cathy Glass and Rosie Lewis.

Foster carer Maggie Hartley is used to receiving placements at short notice, but the arrival of seven-year-old Paris sees her handling one of her most heart-breaking cases yet.

When Maggie's latest placement arrives on her doorstep, it is clear that Sean, Dougie and their big sister Mary have been through unspeakable traumas in their short lives.

Fourteen-year-old Shazia has been taken into care after a conversation at school leads her teacher to suspect that the teenager's family are planning to send her to Pakistan for an arranged marriage.

Eleven-year-old Leanne is out of control.

A new challenge faces foster carer Maggie Hartley: this time it's not a child that's at risk, it's her mother.

When foster carer Maggie Hartley meets Sean and Sheila, they're facing every parent's worst nightmare.

When sixteen-year-old Jess arrives on foster carer Maggie Hartley's doorstep with her newborn son Jimmy, she has nowhere else to go.

The Sunday Times BestsellerAt just ten years old, Kirsty has already suffered a lifetime of heartache and suffering.

Brothers Ben and Damien are shockingly quiet when they arrive on Maggie's doorstep.

Ruth was a ghost of a girl when she arrived into foster mother Maggie Hartley's care.

Evie and Elliot are scrawny, filthy and wide-eyed with fear when they turn up on foster carer Maggie Hartley's doorstep.

A secret that changed everything.

'Book clubs will have a field day with this one.

'Binchy weaves her magic once again in an addictive story about families and people who aren't always quite what they seem' Woman & HomeBaby Frankie is born into an unusual family.

Join USA Today bestselling author Tricia Goyer and her family of eleven as they embark on a yearlong quest to eliminate grumbling from their home and discover a happier, healthier, and more grateful approach to living life.

Beneath the Tapestry devotional walks alongside hopeful adoptive parents and families through the process of adoption and beyond.

'Please don't take him.

PART 2 OF 3After taking a few weeks off work, Casey is presented with a new foster child: 14-year-old Elise, whose Mum left her at just five years old.

Practical techniques for guiding parents through the stages of adoption and beyond Editors Virginia Brabender and April Fallon are clinical psychologists and also adoptive parents whose families are acquainted with both the uncertainty and joy of adoption.

Practical techniques for guiding parents through the stages of adoption and beyond Editors Virginia Brabender and April Fallon are clinical psychologists and also adoptive parents whose families are acquainted with both the uncertainty and joy of adoption.

Failures don't need to be final, and disappointment doesn't need to be defining.

In the 1980s families other than those made up of the natural mother, father, and siblings were increasing in number.

'I m glad I could do her this one last favour.

'Denise writes with great warmth and wisdom' - Marian Keyes'A really cracking read' - Martina Cole on If They Could See Me Now'Thought-provoking and moving' - Susan Lewis on If They Could See Me NowHow far would you go to hide a past that would destroy your future?

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"e;An extraordinary story of resilience.

'Necessary and illuminating' Times Literary Supplement'A writer of genuine accomplishment' Good Book GuideA story of adoption and queer parenting from the award-winning author of The Spring of Kasper Meier, The Other Hoffmann Sister and An Honest ManI'm calling because we have a little boy, four weeks old, who needs a family.

From the presenter of ITV1's Long Lost Family and the bestselling author of One of the Family, comes a moving and honest book about Nicky Campbell's own search for his birth parents.

Reginas Calcaterra memoir, Etched in Sand, is an inspiring and triumphant coming-of-age story of tenacity and hope.

"e;[Bowen's] remarkable journey transforming Chinese orphanages .

An "e;elegant, funny, and poignant"e; memoir of a journalist's discovery of her birth mother-a daughter of Nat King Cole-and the bond that formed between them (Essence).

When to tell, What to tell, and How to tellChildren who are adopted have predictable and often unspoken concerns about themselves and how they joined their families.

In this completely revised and updated edition of Raising Adopted Children, Lois Melina, editor of Adopted Child newsletter and the mother of two children by adoption, draws on the latest research in psychology, sociology, and medicine to guide parents through all stages of their child's development.