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

Keeper of Lost Children
The Forgotten Midwife
Looking for Jane
The Golden Boy
The Book of Kindness
The Boy from the Sea
Daughters of the Bamboo Grove: From China to America, a True Story of Abduction, Adoption, and Separated Twins
Michael Without Apology
August Blue
To Love a Lady (Dollar Princess, #1)
Villains Are Destined to Die, Vol. 8
Wildest Dreams (The Wilds of Montana, #3)
The Hidden Life of Cecily Larson
Appalachian Song
Mother Tongue
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
Far from the Tree
Little Fires Everywhere
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
Secret Daughter
A Mother for Choco (Paperstar)
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
Attaching in Adoption: Practical Tools for Today's Parents

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