Chung, Nicole

Summary: "What does it mean to lose your roots--within your culture, within your family--and what happens when you find them? Nicole Chung was born severely premature, placed for adoption by her Korean parents, and raised by a white family in a sheltered Oregon town. From childhood, she heard the story of her adoption as a comforting, prepackaged myth. She believed that her biological parents had made...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Catapult 2018

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CHU

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CHUNG, NICOLE CHU

Summary: After the loss of their unborn baby, Kate and John Coleman decide to adopt a child as a way to bring some joy and normalcy into their lives. The couple is drawn to Esther, a 9-year-old orphan and they welcome her into their home. As soon as Esther moves in, a series of events begins to unfold, leading Kate to believe that there's something wrong with Esther - this seemingly angelic little girl...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2009

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1 available in Horror DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY HORROR ORP

Purvis, Karyn B. (Karyn Brand)

Summary: Offers parents practical advice on how to welcome an adopted child into their family, with tips for coping with common problems, building affection and trust, dealing with learning or behavioral disorders, and disciplining an adoptive child without harming the parent-child relationship.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: McGraw-Hill 2007

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1 available in Adult, Call number: 649.145 Purvi

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1 available in Juvenile Parent-Teacher Collection, Call number: JPT 649 PUR

Hughes, Daniel A.

Contents: Preface -- Introduction -- The abuse and neglect of Katie -- Ruth Daley (foster home #1) -- Karen Miller (foster home #2) -- Susan Cummings (foster home #3) -- Allison Kaplan, Ph.D -- Choosing a new approach -- Jackie Keller (foster home #4) -- Life with Jackie -- The quilt -- Fighting with Jackie -- Thanksgiving dinner -- Jackie and Ruth -- Winter in Maine -- Maine District Court -- The coming...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Jason Aronson 2006

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.445 HUG

Clark, Mindy Starns.

Summary: "A deathbed confession, a dusty carved box containing two locks of hair and a century-old letter regarding property in Switzerland, and a burning desire to learn about her biological family lead nurse-midwife Lexie Jaeger from her home in Oregon to the heart of Pennsylvania Amish country. There she meets Marta Bayer, a mysterious lay-midwife who made hold the key to Lexie's past, but she's not...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Pub. 2011

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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC CLA

Hunt, Angela Elwell

Summary: "From bestselling author Angela Hunt, the heart-wrenching story of a young mother who unknowingly gave away her own child after serving as a surrogate for a childless couple. Amanda Hocking is a typical young wife and mother struggling to make ends meet.She decides to help a childless family by becoming their gestational surrogate, hoping to achieve some financial stability of her own. After a...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Howard Books 2013

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HUN

Summary: After the loss of their unborn baby, Kate and John Coleman decide to adopt a child as a way to bring some joy and normalcy into their lives. The couple is drawn to Esther, a 9-year-old orphan and they welcome her into their home. As soon as Esther moves in, a series of events begins to unfold, leading Kate to believe that there's something wrong with Esther--this seemingly angelic little girl...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2009

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ORP

Traster, Tina.

Summary: When the New York Post published Tina Traster's essay about her difficulty bonding with her daughter, Julia, whom she and her husband had adopted from a Siberian orphanage, the seasoned journalist was shocked and overwhelmed by the response, both empathetic and angry. In this frank and honest memoir, Traster tells her full foreign-adoption story, from dealing with the bleak landscape and the...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Independent Pub Group 2014

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 TRASTER, TINA TRA

Hunt, Angela Elwell

Summary: "From bestselling author Angela Hunt, the heart-wrenching story of a young mother who unknowingly gave away her own child after serving as a surrogate for a childless couple. Amanda Hocking is a typical young wife and mother struggling to make ends meet. She decides to help a childless family by becoming their gestational surrogate, hoping to achieve some financial stability of her own. After a...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2013

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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC HUN

Guida-Richards, Melissa

Summary: "A guide for white parents of transracially or transnationally adopted children"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.734 GUI

Greene, Melissa Fay.

Summary: Dispatches from the new front lines of parenthood from two-time National Book Award finalist Melissa Fay Greene.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Media, Inc. 2011

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 362.734 GRE