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Attaching in Adoption: Practical Tools for Today's Parents (Hardcover)
by Deborah D. Gray (shelved 23 times as adoption)
avg rating 4.18 — 119 ratings — published 2002
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The Girls Who Went Away: The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades Before Roe v. Wade (Hardcover)
by Ann Fessler (shelved 17 times as adoption)
avg rating 4.14 — 1,232 ratings — published 2006
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Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew (Paperback)
by Sherrie Eldridge (shelved 14 times as adoption)
avg rating 3.43 — 196 ratings — published 1999
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The Lost Daughters of China (Paperback)
by Karin Evans (shelved 14 times as adoption)
avg rating 3.88 — 405 ratings — published 2000
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Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born (Paperback)
by Jamie Lee Curtis (shelved 13 times as adoption)
avg rating 4.21 — 239 ratings — published 1996
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Toddler Adoption: The Weaver's Craft (Paperback)
by Mary Hopkins-Best (shelved 13 times as adoption)
avg rating 3.87 — 83 ratings — published 1998
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Outsiders Within: Writing on Transracial Adoption (Paperback)
by Sun Yung Shin (Goodreads author) (shelved 13 times as adoption)
avg rating 4.32 — 142 ratings — published 2006
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Inside Transracial Adoption (Hardcover)
by Gail Steinberg (shelved 12 times as adoption)
avg rating 3.54 — 47 ratings — published 2000
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Are Those Kids Yours?: American Families With Children Adopted From Other Countries (Hardcover)
by Cheri Register (shelved 11 times as adoption)
avg rating 3.65 — 53 ratings — published 1990
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I Love You Like Crazy Cakes (Hardcover)
by Rose A. Lewis (shelved 11 times as adoption)
avg rating 4.04 — 94 ratings — published 2000
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Beyond Good Intentions: A Mother Reflects On Raising Internationally Adopted Children (Hardcover)
by Cheri Register (shelved 10 times as adoption)
avg rating 4.00 — 55 ratings — published 2005
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Jesus Land: A Memoir (Paperback)
by Julia Scheeres (shelved 9 times as adoption)
avg rating 3.97 — 3,437 ratings — published 2005
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A Mother for Choco (Paperstar)
by Keiko Kasza (shelved 9 times as adoption)
avg rating 4.34 — 110 ratings — published 1992
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LifeBooks : Creating a Treasure for the Adopted Child (Paperback)
by Beth O'Malley (shelved 9 times as adoption)
avg rating 3.47 — 26 ratings — published 2000
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In Their Own Voices: Transracial Adoptees Tell Their Stories (Paperback)
by Rita James Simon (shelved 9 times as adoption)
avg rating 3.95 — 49 ratings — published 2000
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Being Adopted: The Lifelong Search for Self (Paperback)
by David M. Brodzinsky (shelved 9 times as adoption)
avg rating 4.00 — 38 ratings — published 1992
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The Language of Blood (Paperback)
by Jane Jeong Trenka (shelved 9 times as adoption)
avg rating 3.98 — 101 ratings — published 2003
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The Mistress's Daughter (Hardcover)
by A.M. Homes (shelved 9 times as adoption)
avg rating 3.15 — 1,513 ratings — published 2007
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Love in the Driest Season: A Family Memoir (Paperback)
by Neely Tucker (shelved 8 times as adoption)
avg rating 4.06 — 595 ratings — published 2004
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Wanting a Daughter, Needing a Son: Abandonment, Adoption, and Orphanage Care in China (Hardcover)
by Kay Ann Johnson (shelved 8 times as adoption)
avg rating 3.80 — 66 ratings — published 2004
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The Primal Wound: Understanding the Adopted Child (Paperback)
by Nancy Verrier (shelved 8 times as adoption)
avg rating 3.98 — 84 ratings — published 1993
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Black Baby White Hands: A View from the Crib (Paperback)
by Jaiya John (shelved 8 times as adoption)
avg rating 3.35 — 69 ratings — published 2002
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Over the Moon: An Adoption Tale (Hardcover)
by Karen Katz (shelved 7 times as adoption)
avg rating 4.09 — 47 ratings — published 1997
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Cultures of Transnational Adoption (Paperback)
by Toby Alice Volkman (shelved 7 times as adoption)
avg rating 4.00 — 24 ratings — published 2005
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We Belong Together: A Book About Adoption and Families (Hardcover)
by Todd Parr (shelved 7 times as adoption)
avg rating 4.26 — 59 ratings — published 2007
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Parenting the Hurt Child : Helping Adoptive Families Heal and Grow (Hardcover)
by Gregory Keck (shelved 7 times as adoption)
avg rating 4.32 — 69 ratings — published 2002
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The Baby Thief: The Untold Story of Georgia Tann, the Baby Seller Who Corrupted Adoption (Hardcover)
by Barbara Bisantz Raymond (shelved 7 times as adoption)
avg rating 3.50 — 107 ratings — published 2007
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The Waiting Child: How the Faith and Love of One Orphan Saved the Life of Another (Paperback)
by Cindy Champnella (shelved 7 times as adoption)
avg rating 4.16 — 98 ratings — published 2003
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The Kid: What Happened After My Boyfriend and I Decided to Go Get Pregnant (Paperback)
by Dan Savage (shelved 7 times as adoption)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,776 ratings — published 1999
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Raising Adopted Children, Revised Edition: Practical Reassuring Advice for Every Adoptive Parent (Paperback)
by Lois Ruskai Melina (shelved 6 times as adoption)
avg rating 3.60 — 71 ratings — published 1998
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Adoption Nation: How the Adoption Revolution Is Transforming America (Paperback)
by Adam Pertman (shelved 6 times as adoption)
avg rating 3.40 — 48 ratings — published 2001
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The Memory Keeper's Daughter (Paperback)
by Kim Edwards (shelved 6 times as adoption)
avg rating 3.43 — 111,334 ratings — published 2005
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The Adoption Reader: Birth Mothers, Adoptive Mothers, and Adopted Daughters Tell Their Stories (Paperback)
by Susan Wadia-Ells (shelved 6 times as adoption)
avg rating 3.67 — 27 ratings — published 1995
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A Single Square Picture (Paperback)
by Katy Robinson (shelved 6 times as adoption)
avg rating 3.71 — 89 ratings — published 2002
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Forever Lily: An Unexpected Mother's Journey to Adoption in China (Paperback)
by Beth Nonte Russell (shelved 6 times as adoption)
avg rating 3.16 — 433 ratings — published 2007
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There Is No Me Without You: One Woman's Odyssey to Rescue Africa's Children (Hardcover)
by Melissa Fay Greene (shelved 6 times as adoption)
avg rating 4.42 — 723 ratings — published 2006
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Nurturing Adoptions: Creating Resilience After Neglect and Trauma (Hardcover)
by Deborah D. Gray (shelved 5 times as adoption)
avg rating 4.28 — 31 ratings — published 2007
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Digging to America (Hardcover)
by Anne Tyler (shelved 5 times as adoption)
avg rating 3.45 — 5,056 ratings — published 2006
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Adopted for Life: The Priority of Adoption for Christian Families & Churches (Paperback)
by Russell D. Moore (shelved 5 times as adoption)
avg rating 4.00 — 52 ratings — published 2009
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Made in China: A Story of Adoption (Hardcover)
by Vanita Oelschlager (shelved 5 times as adoption)
avg rating 2.75 — 13 ratings — published 2008
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A Love Like No Other (Paperback)
by Jill Smolowe (shelved 5 times as adoption)
avg rating 3.90 — 16 ratings — published 2006
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The Russian Word for Snow: A True Story of Adoption (Paperback)
by Janis Cooke Newman (shelved 5 times as adoption)
avg rating 3.59 — 68 ratings — published 2001
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China Ghosts: My Daughter's Journey to America, My Passage to Fatherhood (Hardcover)
by Jeff Gammage (shelved 5 times as adoption)
avg rating 3.90 — 130 ratings — published 2007
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The Family of Adoption: Completely Revised and Updated (Paperback)
by Joyce Maguire Pavao (Goodreads author) (shelved 5 times as adoption)
avg rating 4.17 — 39 ratings — published 1998
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Twice Born: Memoirs of an Adopted Daughter (Paperback)
by Betty Jean Lifton (shelved 5 times as adoption)
avg rating 3.91 — 31 ratings — published 1975
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Lost and Found: The Adoption Experience (Paperback)
by Betty Jean Lifton (shelved 5 times as adoption)
avg rating 3.68 — 30 ratings — published 1979
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Weaving a Family: Untangling Race and Adoption (Paperback)
by Barbara Katz Rothman (shelved 5 times as adoption)
avg rating 4.18 — 41 ratings — published 2005
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Journey of the Adopted Self: A Quest for Wholeness (Paperback)
by Betty Jean Lifton (shelved 5 times as adoption)
avg rating 3.76 — 36 ratings — published 1995
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Without a Map: A Memoir (Hardcover)
by Meredith Hall (shelved 5 times as adoption)
avg rating 3.62 — 1,158 ratings — published 2007
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B-Mother (Hardcover)
by Maureen O'Brien (shelved 5 times as adoption)
avg rating 3.59 — 91 ratings — published 2007
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"An invisible red thread connects those who are destined to meet regardless of time ,space or circumstance. The thread may stretch or tangle, but it will never break. "
— Chinese Proverb
— Chinese Proverb
"I believe one of the most sacrificial acts of love adoptive parents can do is to give up their preconceptions and agendas about what their child's views "should" be and be open to hear the conflicting emotions and thoughts their child often experiences."
— Sherrie Eldridge (Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew)
— Sherrie Eldridge (Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew)
