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Reviews of books of interest to adoptive, birth, foster, and step families.
Carrie Ostrea's book that chronicles her and her husband's journey through infertility and adoption is reviewed by a guest reviewer.... [more]
A new novel by Lesley Pearse about search and reunion is reviewed by a member of our community.... [more]
Rosie O'Donnell's book doesn't have a lot to do with adoption, despite beginning with a call to an agency, but it has everything to do with this highly visible public personality and adoption advocate. Includes an excerpt.... [more]
Good, concise information for pregnancy counselors about adoption to help correct any misperceptions they may have themselves, and make an accurate presentation of adoption as a positive option.... [more]
Patricia M. Dorner's guide addresses questions such as who initiates contact and how, selecting a professional, preparing for contact, making contact, the commitment to openness, adopted siblings, and opening special needs adoptions.... [more]
This remarkable memoir about author Paula McLain's journey home to home with her two sisters in the foster care system during the 70s and 80s should be in every library. ... [more]
Adoptive mother Jolene Durrant has managed to write a book that educates, reaffirms, comforts, and encourages at the same time. But what makes this a most remarkable book is that it does all these things for young adoptees, birth parents, and adoptive parents – in closed or any variation of open adoptions.... [more]
Adoptive parent Kellie Montgomery turns supersleuth when the attorney who handled her adoption and his wife are murdered. Set in the Pacific Northwest, author (and adoptive parent) Valerie Wilcox brings her knowledge of sailing and her experience with adoption and search to the telling of the tale.... [more]
An exceptional book that helps adoptive and foster parents understand why the whole truth, even about traumatic circumstances, is important, and how to talk about it.... [more]
A valuable book for those working through search toward reunion, or in the throes of a challenging reunion relationship.... [more]
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