adopted children

Dottie Connell struggles to face the past she has worked fifteen years to forget when she becomes the caregiver of her childhood friend's daughter.

Relates the experiences of Tuyet, an orphan from Vietnam who was adpoted by a Canadian family, as she underwent operations to correct damage done to one of her legs from polio and struggled with memories of the Vietnam War.

As Olivia Taylor-Jones proceeds with her investigation into her birth parent's crimes in Cainsville, Illinois, she meets an unlikely ally to help her in her search for the truth. Gabriel Walsh is a self-serving, morally ambiguous lawyer. Together they have chased a devious killer and partially cleared her birth parents of their crimes. Their success is short-lived however, when Gabriel's past mistakes come to light and cause a rift between them.

Twenty-four-year-old Olivia Taylor-Jones has a perfect life until she finds out that she is adopted and her birth parents are notorious serial killers serving life sentences. As the news unfolds, it brings unwanted publicity and Olivia decides she must learn the whole truth about her birth parents and takes a trip to the small town of Cainsville, Illinois where it all began.

The story of a young man who rediscovers not only his childhood life and home...but an identity long-since left behind.

Tina Traster's daughter, Julia, was adopted from Russia. As a new mother in her 40's, Tina wondered why Julia remained cold and emotionally detached, never looked her parents in the eye and did not cry when she got hurt. She blamed herself for faulty parenting skills until she found that Julia suffered from reactive attachment disorder, a serious condition associated with infants and young children who have been neglected, abused, or orphaned in infancy.

Twelve year old Deborah Jiang Stein always felt like an outsider. Her racial mix made her feel apart from her well-intentioned adoptive Jewish parents. When she found out that she had been born in prison to a heroin-addicted mother, she spiraled into an emotional lockdown and deeper trauma. For years she turned to drugs, violence, and crime to cope with her grief until she realized she could not go on as she had in the past. She fought to heal herself and has become a national speaker, writer, and is the founder of the nonprofit unPrison Project that serves to build public awareness about girls and women in prison.

The adopted daughter of two respectable human parents, Kayla is a werecat in the closet. All she knows is the human world. When she comes out to her boyfriend, tragedy ensues, and her determination to know and embrace her heritage grows. Help appears in the lithe form of sexy male werecat Yoshi, backed up by Aimee and Clyde, as the four set out to solve the mystery of a possessed antique carousel while fielding miscast magic, obsessive strangers, and mounting species intolerance.

Yafi, a six-year-old Ethiopian boy, and his adoptive family recount memories from their family history, describing Yafi's early life, the experience of being adopted, and more.

Offers advice for biological and adoptive parents on practicing open adoption--where the two sets of parents have access to one another's information as well as decide on the option of biological parental visits and interaction. Explores what open adoption can do for a child's psyche, both beneficially and harmfully.