Adoption

Adoption is a process whereby a person assumes the parenting of another, usually a child, from that person's biological or legal parent or parents, and, in so doing, permanently transfers all rights and responsibilities, along with filiation, from the biological parent or parents. Unlike guardianship or other systems designed for the care of the young, adoption is intended to effect a permanent change in status and as such requires societal recognition, either through legal or religious sanction. ...more

New Releases Tagged "Adoption"

Keeper of Lost Children
Keeper of Lost Children
Looking for Jane
The Boy from the Sea
Michael Without Apology
My Other Heart
Daughters of the Bamboo Grove: From China to America, a True Story of Abduction, Adoption, and Separated Twins
Appalachian Song
Through Each Tomorrow (Timeless, #6)
Ripeness
Love Forms
August Blue
The Voice We Find (Fog Harbor, #3)
Accidentally on Purpose
Crazy Love  (The Single Dad Playbook #5)
Rabbit Moon
All You Can Ever Know
The Connected Child: Bring Hope and Healing to Your Adoptive Family
Before We Were Yours
Orphan Train
The Primal Wound: Understanding The Adopted Child
Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew
Little Fires Everywhere
Far from the Tree
The Girls Who Went Away: The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades Before Roe v. Wade
Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born
Adopted for Life: The Priority of Adoption for Christian Families & Churches
A Mother for Choco (Paperstar)
Secret Daughter
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
Attaching in Adoption: Practical Tools for Today's Parents
Uprooted by Peter J. BoniDelly Duck by Holly MarlowVoices Unheard by Lisa Coppola LMHCWho Is a Worthy Mother? by Rebecca WellingtonAdoption Is a Lifelong Journey by Kelly DiBenedetto
Adoption Books
24 books — 54 voters

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Kids in Foster Care
391 books — 174 voters
Someone Like You by Sarah DessenBoys Don't Cry by Malorie BlackmanAfter by Amy EfawCrank by Ellen HopkinsJumping Off Swings by Jo Knowles
Teen Pregnancy
360 books — 281 voters



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Karen Fowler
My life has been shaped by the decision two people made over 24 years ago. They decided to adopt a child. They got me, and I got a chance at the kind of life all children deserve.
Karen Fowler, Reflections on Motherhood

I hold my daughter in my arms and thank God for bringing her to me. If the standard route for creating a family had worked for me, I wouldn't have met this child. I needed to know her. I needed to be her mother. I know now why all those events happened. Or didn't happen. So I could meet this little girl. She is, in every way, my daughter. I am carrying my Funny Gift from God and all is good. ...more
Nia Vardalos, Instant Mom

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