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Books > Health, Home & Family > Family & health > Family & other relationships > Adoption & tracing birth parents

Killing Karoline - A Memoir (Paperback): Sara-Jayne King Killing Karoline - A Memoir (Paperback)
Sara-Jayne King 1
R305 R262 Discovery Miles 2 620 Save R43 (14%) Ships in 4 - 8 working days

Born Karoline King in 1980 in Johannesburg South Africa, Sara-Jayne (as she will later be called by her adoptive parents) is the result of an affair, illegal under apartheid’s Immorality Act, between a white British woman and her black South African employee. Her story reveals the shocking lie created to cover up the forbidden relationship, and the hurried overseas adoption of the illegitimate baby, born during one of history’s most inhumane and destructive regimes.

Killing Karoline follows the journey of the baby girl (categorised as ‘white’ under South Africa’s race classification system) who is raised in a leafy, middle-class corner of the South of England by a white couple. It takes the reader through the formative years, a difficult adolescence and into adulthood, as Sara-Jayne (Karoline) seeks to discover who she is and where she came from. Plagued by questions surrounding her own identity and unable to ‘fit in’ Sara-Jayne (Karoline) begins to turn on herself, before eventually coming full circle and returning to South Africa after 26 years to face her demons. There she is forced to face issues of identity, race, rejection and belonging beyond that which she could ever have imagined.

She must also face her birth family, who in turn must confront what happens when the baby you kill off at a mere six weeks old, returns from the dead.

Rooiletterkind (Afrikaans, Paperback): Sandy Schoeman Rooiletterkind (Afrikaans, Paperback)
Sandy Schoeman
R240 R188 Discovery Miles 1 880 Save R52 (22%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

My reis, eers as pleegma en later as aanneemma, was nie een waarop iemand my kon voorberei nie. Rooiletterkind is my poging om hierdie reis so eerlik as moontlik te ondersoek, vanaf die vertrekpunt een oggend voor ’n kerkdiens tot by ’n handgemaakte Moedersdagkaartjie meer as vyf jaar later.

Wat maak jy met ’n kind wat aanhou om teen jou liefde te baklei? Hoe help jy haar deur die slaggate van die lewe as jyself nooit daardeur is nie?

Dit is maar net twee van die vele vrae wat ek myself onophoudelik moes vra terwyl ek verbete vasklou aan ’n rooiletterdatum, ’n halsstarrige kind en ’n hart wat gereeld uit my borskas geruk word.

Saam met ons eie verhaal was daar egter ook ander stories wat vertel moes word — stories van ons kind se herkoms, van gebrokenheid en straatmense en kriminele en ’n drughuis sonder reëls of taboes.

The Story of My Open Adoption - A Storybook for Children Adopted at Birth (Paperback): Leah Campbell The Story of My Open Adoption - A Storybook for Children Adopted at Birth (Paperback)
Leah Campbell
R235 R195 Discovery Miles 1 950 Save R40 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
China Ghosts (Paperback): Jeff Gammage China Ghosts (Paperback)
Jeff Gammage
R412 R339 Discovery Miles 3 390 Save R73 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Aching to expand from a couple to a family, Jeff Gammage--a reporter for the Philadelphia Inquirer--and his wife, Christine, embarked upon a journey that would carry them across a shifting landscape of emotion and through miles of red tape and bureaucratic protocol. On the other side of the world--in the smog-choked city of Changsha in Hunan Province--a silent, stoic little girl was waiting for them: Jin Yu, their new daughter. Now they would have to learn how to fully embrace a life altered beyond recognition by new concerns and responsibilities--and by a love unlike any they'd ever felt before.

Alive with insight and feeling, China Ghosts is an eye-opening depiction of the foreign adoption process and a remarkable glimpse into a different culture. Most important, it is a poignant, heartfelt, and intensely intimate chronicle of the making of a family.

Let's Talk About Adoption (Paperback): Jacqueline Hearn Let's Talk About Adoption (Paperback)
Jacqueline Hearn
R306 Discovery Miles 3 060 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book is intended to act as a guide to would-be adopters as to how the process works within the Local Authority network. A must read for anybody contemplating adoption.

Lucky Girl (Paperback): Mei-Ling Hopgood Lucky Girl (Paperback)
Mei-Ling Hopgood
R378 R316 Discovery Miles 3 160 Save R62 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In a true story of family ties, journalist Mei-Ling Hopgood, one of the first wave of Asian adoptees to arrive in America, comes face to face with her past when her Chinese birth family suddenly requests a reunion after more than two decades.
In 1974, a baby girl from Taiwan arrived in America, the newly adopted child of a loving couple in Michigan. Mei-Ling Hopgood had an all-American upbringing, never really identifying with her Asian roots or harboring a desire to uncover her ancestry. She believed that she was lucky to have escaped a life that was surely one of poverty and misery, to grow up comfortable with her doting parents and brothers.
Then, when she's in her twenties, her birth family comes calling. Not the rural peasants she expected, they are a boisterous, loving, bossy, complicated middle-class family who hound her daily-by phone, fax, and letter, in a language she doesn't understand-until she returns to Taiwan to meet them. As her sisters and parents pull her into their lives, claiming her as one of their own, the devastating secrets that still haunt this family begin to emerge. Spanning cultures and continents, "Lucky Girl" brings home a tale of joy and regret, hilarity, deep sadness, and great discovery as the author untangles the unlikely strands that formed her destiny.

Be Good, Love Brian - Growing Up with Brian Clough (Paperback): Craig Bromfield Be Good, Love Brian - Growing Up with Brian Clough (Paperback)
Craig Bromfield
R231 Discovery Miles 2 310 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award 2022 Craig Bromfield was just 13 years old when Brian Clough, on a whim, took him and his older brother Aaron in. They came from Southwick, a depressed area of Sunderland, where they lived with their abusive stepfather, and from where they longed to escape. After initially meeting Clough while out begging for money, Clough later invited the brothers to stay at his house. From there a relationship formed which would see Craig living with the Cloughs for nine years, where he was a first-hand witness to the many aspects of Clough's character - his gruffness, his humour, his big-heartedness. This is a beautiful, inspirational story, which has never before been told, about Clough's gentleness and capacity for generosity. Discover a very different side to this iconic man, one away from the cameras and the football, which shows him for the person he really was.

A Child of the Indian Race - A Story of Return (Paperback): Sandy White Hawk A Child of the Indian Race - A Story of Return (Paperback)
Sandy White Hawk; Foreword by Gene Thin Elk; Introduction by Terry Cross
R511 R428 Discovery Miles 4 280 Save R83 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Alex Asks About Auntie's Airplane Day - An Adoption Day Story (Paperback): Pieter Els Alex Asks About Auntie's Airplane Day - An Adoption Day Story (Paperback)
Pieter Els; Carolyn Wilhelm
R268 Discovery Miles 2 680 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Secret Sibling - A Memoir (Paperback): Christine Hoy Secret Sibling - A Memoir (Paperback)
Christine Hoy
R325 Discovery Miles 3 250 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Panda in the Spotlight (Paperback): Sarah Horne Panda in the Spotlight (Paperback)
Sarah Horne
R159 Discovery Miles 1 590 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The panda-tastic sequel to Sarah Horne's huggable debut, Panda at the Door! 'Adorable fun!' SARAH MCINTYRE Life is good for Callum's family and Pudding, their panda. Pudding and Dad's hit stage show, Panda-mime, has been wowing audiences - but then an ambitious journalist, Penni P, twigs that Pudding's a real-life talking panda. If she exposes the truth, her story will be everywhere. Penni woos the family with false promises of fame and fortune in Hollywood in order to find her proof. Soon, everyone's starry-eyed except Callum. Can he expose Penni and stop her from breaking the story that could tear his family apart? The follow-up to bestselling illustrator Sarah Horne's huggable debut Panda at the Door. A modern-day family adventure: Paddington Bear meets Mary Poppins! A funny, lively story which touches on themes of family, belonging and truth - perfect for readers aged 6+. Quirky integrated illustrations throughout.

Whatever Next? - On Adult Adoptee Identities (Paperback): Josephine Jay, Adaline Bara, Hannah Feben-Smith Whatever Next? - On Adult Adoptee Identities (Paperback)
Josephine Jay, Adaline Bara, Hannah Feben-Smith
R226 R183 Discovery Miles 1 830 Save R43 (19%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

For adoptees, the word 'lucky' gets thrown around a lot. They're regularly told they're lucky to not be in an orphanage, lucky to have been brought into a family, lucky to be adopted at all. Often they're depicted in media as being broken, in need of saving and fixing. Then they're expected to become the hero of their own journeys and overcome their origins. Whatever Next? considers how these traditional narratives surrounding adoption have both dominated and damaged adoptive communities for many years, and what we should do to avoid these pitfalls. Inspired by the conversations within their Whatever Next? community project, Jo, Addie and Hannah explore the key tropes that adoptees grapple with and how these conversations are evolving, with the goal of kickstarting new dialogues around the adoption experience more broadly, and showcase how beneficial shared discussion can be.

A Life Lost - Jackson is Haunted by a Secret from His Past (Paperback): Cathy Glass A Life Lost - Jackson is Haunted by a Secret from His Past (Paperback)
Cathy Glass
R234 R196 Discovery Miles 1 960 Save R38 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Jackson is aggressive, confrontational and often volatile. His mother, Kayla, is crippled with grief after tragically losing her husband and eldest son. Struggling to cope, she puts Jackson into foster care. Cathy, his carer, encourages Jackson to talk about what has happened to his family, but he just won't engage. His actions continue to test and worry everyone. Then, in a dramatic turn of events, the true reason for Jackson's behaviour comes to light ...

Silenced - The Shocking True Story of a Young Girl Too Afraid to Speak (Paperback): Rosie Lewis Silenced - The Shocking True Story of a Young Girl Too Afraid to Speak (Paperback)
Rosie Lewis
R270 R216 Discovery Miles 2 160 Save R54 (20%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

A family with a dark secret. A child who refuses to speak. Rosie must help her before it's too late. Nine-year-old Caitlin has a secret, but she cannot tell anyone about it. When her mother is sectioned under the Mental Health Act she and her three siblings have to go and live with her grandmother Julie and grandad Ryan. Caitlin finds her new living conditions challenging: cat poo on the carpet, rubbish everywhere and the constant stare of her grandad - she retreats more and more into herself. When foster carer Rosie Lewis meets Caitlin she knows something is deeply wrong with this little girl, who is withdrawn, afraid and refuses to speak. Rosie decides to take her in, but Caitlin's silence continues, and Rosie knows she must act. Why is Caitlin so afraid to speak? Could it be that the family has a dark secret? One that is so shocking it can no longer be hidden?

Forever Mom - What to Expect When You're Adopting (Paperback): Mary Ostyn Forever Mom - What to Expect When You're Adopting (Paperback)
Mary Ostyn
R364 R270 Discovery Miles 2 700 Save R94 (26%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

What to do when you've been called to adopt and practical advice to make it workMary Ostyn married her sweetheart at nineteen, and the pair had four kids by their eighth anniversary. When their youngest was three, God opened their eyes to the needs of orphans all over the world-and answered Mary's longing for another baby. Over the next nine years the couple adopted two boys from Korea and four girls from Ethiopia.Ostyn, a beloved adoption writer and blogger, shares-alongside stories from other adoptive families-the practical tools and resources she uses to thrive as an adoptive mom. In Forever Mom, she reveals how to:build heart connections prepare your other children for new siblingshelp babies, toddlers, and older children settle in implement attachment parentingaddress misbehavior while remaining connectednurture your marriage in the midst of it allWhether you're the parent of an adopted child or interested in pursuing adoption, Ostyn's warm advice and fresh perspective will inspire, inform, and affirm. You'll walk away confident you will be the perfect mom for whatever child God brings into your life.

Riley the Brave - The Little Cub with Big Feelings! - Help for Cubs Who Have Had A Tough Start in Life (Hardcover, Illustrated... Riley the Brave - The Little Cub with Big Feelings! - Help for Cubs Who Have Had A Tough Start in Life (Hardcover, Illustrated edition)
Jessica Sinarski; Illustrated by Zachary Kline
R422 Discovery Miles 4 220 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Help your little one unlock their inner courage! Riley the Brave is the story of a little bear with big feelings! Join this super-cool, cape-wearing cub as he embarks on a journey to face his fears. Riley is joined by all of his animal friends who care for him as he faces his difficult feelings. Along the way, Riley learns how sometimes, being tough or loud isn't the bravest thing to be - sometimes it's asking for help, or being brave enough to let someone into your heart. Written for any child who is looking to unlock their inner courage, and particularly those healing from difficult life experiences or trauma, this book creates a safe space for conversations about complex thoughts and feelings. It also features an educational afterword for grown-ups which explains how the book helps children, and how to get the most out of it.

Too Scared to Tell - Abused and Alone, Oskar Has No One. a True Story. (Paperback): Cathy Glass Too Scared to Tell - Abused and Alone, Oskar Has No One. a True Story. (Paperback)
Cathy Glass 1
R229 Discovery Miles 2 290 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The true story of a 6-year-old boy with a dreadful secret. Oskar's school teacher raises the alarm. Oskar's mother is abroad and he has been left in the care of 'friends', but has been arriving in school hungry, unkempt, and with bruises on his arms, legs and body. Experienced foster carer Cathy Glass is asked to look after him, but as the weeks pass her concerns deepen. Oskar is far too quiet for a child of six and is clearly scared of something or someone. And who are those men parked outside his school watching him?

The A-Z of Therapeutic Parenting - Strategies and Solutions (Paperback): Sarah Naish The A-Z of Therapeutic Parenting - Strategies and Solutions (Paperback)
Sarah Naish
R563 Discovery Miles 5 630 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Therapeutic parenting is a deeply nurturing parenting style, and is especially effective for children with attachment difficulties, or who experienced childhood trauma. This book provides everything you need to know in order to be able to effectively therapeutically parent. Providing a model of intervention, The A-Z of Therapeutic Parenting gives parents or caregivers an easy to follow process to use when responding to issues with their children. The following A-Z covers 60 common problems parents face, from acting aggressively to difficulties with sleep, with advice on what might trigger these issues, and how to respond. Easy to navigate and written in a straightforward style, this book is a 'must have' for all therapeutic parents.

Before You Were Mine - Discovering Your Adopted Child's Lifestory (Paperback): Susan Tebos, Carissa Woodwyk Before You Were Mine - Discovering Your Adopted Child's Lifestory (Paperback)
Susan Tebos, Carissa Woodwyk; Foreword by Sherrie Eldridge
R340 R254 Discovery Miles 2 540 Save R86 (25%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Written by an adoptive mother and an adoptee daughter, Before You Were Mine offers a unique Christian perspective on creating a Lifebook that commemorates your child's birth story. Complete with worksheets and advice from adoptive families, you'll find that remembering and celebrating your child's history can be fun, rewarding, and even redemptive. You'll discover how to uncover and organize details of their birth story, make the story both truthful and positive, and use the Lifebook to trace God's faithfulness. This powerful concept takes the guesswork out of how and when you'll talk about your adopted child's beginnings---and offers him or her a lasting memento that helps them overcome uncertainty and fear to rest in Christ's unconditional love. How will you embrace your child's birth story as part of God's plan? Before You Were Mine will help you relax and rejoice in the beautiful story God is writing for your child.

Honestly Adoption - Answers to 101 Questions About Adoption and Foster Care (Paperback): Mike Berry, Kristin Berry Honestly Adoption - Answers to 101 Questions About Adoption and Foster Care (Paperback)
Mike Berry, Kristin Berry
R441 R364 Discovery Miles 3 640 Save R77 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Discover What Adoption and Foster Care Really Look Like If you are considering adoption or foster care or are already somewhere in this difficult and complicated process, you need trusted information from people who have been where you are. Mike and Kristin Berry have adopted eight children and cared for another 23 kids in their nine-year stint as foster parents. They aren't just experts. They have experienced every emotional high and low and encountered virtually every situation imaginable as parents. Now, they want to share what they've learned with you. Get the answers you need to the following questions, and many more: Should I foster parent or adopt? How do I know? What is the first step in becoming an adoptive or foster parent? What are the benefits of an open versus closed adoption? How and when do I tell my child that he or she is adopted? How do I help my child embrace his or her cultural and racial identity? Honestly Adoption will provide you with practical, down-to-earth advice to make good decisions in your own adoption and foster parenting journey and give you the help and hope you need.

Taken at Birth - Stolen Babies, Hidden Lies, and My Journey to Finding Home (Hardcover): Jane Blasio Taken at Birth - Stolen Babies, Hidden Lies, and My Journey to Finding Home (Hardcover)
Jane Blasio
R448 Discovery Miles 4 480 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

From the 1940s through the 1960s, young pregnant women entered the front door of a clinic in a small North Georgia town. Sometimes their babies exited out the back, sold to northern couples who were desperate to hold a newborn in their arms. But these weren't adoptions--they were transactions. And one unethical doctor was exploiting other people's tragedies. Jane Blasio was one of those babies. At six, she learned she was adopted. At fourteen, she first saw her birth certificate, which led her to begin piecing together details of her past. Jane undertook a decades-long personal investigation to not only discover her own origins but identify and reunite other victims of the Hicks Clinic human trafficking scheme. Along the way she became an expert in illicit adoptions, serving as an investigator and telling her story on every major news network. Taken at Birth is the remarkable account of her tireless quest for truth, justice, and resolution. Perfect for book clubs, as well as those interested in inspirational stories of adoption, human trafficking, and true crime.

Developing a Foundation for Learning with Internationally Adopted Children - Family-Based Activities for Remedial Learning and... Developing a Foundation for Learning with Internationally Adopted Children - Family-Based Activities for Remedial Learning and Attachment (Hardcover)
Boris Gindis, Carol Lidz
R1,520 Discovery Miles 15 200 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This practice-focused guide introduces The SmartStart Toolbox as a remedial program to help mental health professionals and adoptive parents promote the educational and social development of internationally adopted children aged 4-8. Recognizing the cultural, emotional, and cognitive needs of children who have experienced a fundamental change in their social situation of development following international adoption, The SmartStart Toolbox provides a range of family-based remedial activities which stimulate children's thinking and learning while creating scaffolded attachment opportunities during early interactions with their adoptive families. The volume details the notions of "psychological tools" (Vygotsky) and "mediated learning experience" (Feuerstein) which form the theoretical foundations for The SmartStart Toolbox and offers step-by-step guidance on conducting activities and adapting them to the individual child. The SmartStart methodology can also be used by professionals for diagnostic purposes. This text will benefit researchers in child psychology, as well as clinicians, family therapists, social workers, and educators with an interest in child development, cognitive and language enhancement, and adoption and fostering more broadly. Adoptive parents will also benefit from this book and its focus on themes of attachment, parenting, and the development of social cognition.

To the End of June - The Intimate Life of American Foster Care (Paperback): Cris Beam To the End of June - The Intimate Life of American Foster Care (Paperback)
Cris Beam
R447 R371 Discovery Miles 3 710 Save R76 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A "New York Times" Notable Book
"Casts a searing eye on the labyrinth that is the American foster care system." -- NPR's "On Point"
Who are the children of foster care? What, as a country, do we owe them? Cris Beam, a foster mother herself, spent five years immersed in the world of foster care looking into these questions and tracing firsthand stories. The result is "To the End of June," an unforgettable portrait that takes us deep inside the lives of foster children in their search for a stable, loving family.
Beam shows us the intricacies of growing up in the system--the back-and-forth with agencies, the rootless shuffling between homes, the emotionally charged tug between foster and birth parents, the terrifying push out of foster care and into adulthood. Humanizing and challenging a broken system, "To the End of June" offers a tribute to resiliency and hope for real change.
" A] powerful . . . and refreshing read." -- "Chicago Tribune"
"A sharp critique of foster-care policies and a searching exploration of the meaning of family." -- "Publishers Weekly," starred review
"Heart-rending and tentatively hopeful." -- "Salon"

Neglected - Scared, Hungry and Alone, Jamey Craves Affection (Paperback): Cathy Glass Neglected - Scared, Hungry and Alone, Jamey Craves Affection (Paperback)
Cathy Glass
R187 Discovery Miles 1 870 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Little Jamey, 21/2 years old, is placed with experienced foster carer, Cathy Glass, as an emergency. The police and social services have no choice but to remove two-year-old Jamey from home after his mother leaves him alone all night to go out partying. When he first arrives with foster carer Cathy Glass, he is scared, hungry and withdrawn, craving the affection he has been denied for so long. He is small for his age and unsteady on his feet - a result of being left for long periods in his cot. Cathy and her family find Jamey very easy to love, but as he settles in and makes progress, a new threat emerges. Coronavirus and lockdown change everything.

Whole Life Adoption Book, The (Paperback, Revised, Updated ed.): Thomas Atwood Whole Life Adoption Book, The (Paperback, Revised, Updated ed.)
Thomas Atwood
R529 R440 Discovery Miles 4 400 Save R89 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This adoption resource contains a large amount of practical yet thoughtful advice and brings to the attention of adoptive or potential adoptive parent considerations that may not have been obvious before reading the book. (Relationships)

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