Stranger Care
By: Sarah Sentilles
4.27
Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition
After their decision not to have a biological child, Sarah Sentilles and her husband, Eric, decide …
Want to Read $ 14.99"Do you have kids?" strangers asked almost every day. "No," I said, not wanting to explain, because, really, it's an unimaginative question, full of their beliefs about what family means, about who counts as kin, and it's a hard question for anyone with a complicated relationship to family making, for those of us who've experience miscarriage or failed adoptions or the death of a child, for those of us estranged or embattled or in grief. It's a question I now refuse to ask. "Tell me about your family," I say instead, because I know belonging comes in all shapes and sizes, visible and invisible, hidden and made and chosen and found."-Sarah Sentilles, Stranger Care
"People who learned Eric and I wanted to adopt a child often told us stories of adoptions gone wrong. The adopted child incapable of attachment. Who became a drug addict, a runaway, who drained bank accounts, ruined marriages. "I have a friend who adopted," these stories began. "It was a nightmare."... And their stories did make me afraid, convinced me I was the vulnerable one whose life was at risk. Listening, I'd forget the abandoned, the neglected, the children curled on the floor of some empty-cabinet kitchen or crying in some school bathroom stall or shaking in some crib. I'd forget that these children belong to all of us. If they wield knives in the dark or hit heads against walls or refuse to speak, they signal our failure, not theirs."-Sarah Sentilles, Stranger Care
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1. Our Magic Hour
By: Jennifer Down
3.95
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
All night Audrey woke again and again, and every so often Nick would be awake, too, and their bodie… read more
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2. God and Jetfire: Confessions of a Birth Mother
By: Amy Seek
4.20
Format: 406 pages, Hardcover
A searching, eloquent memoir about the joys and hardships of open adoption God and Jetfireis a moth… read more
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3. Three Little Words: A Memoir
By: Ashley Rhodes-Courter
3.82
Format: None pages, Hardcover
"Sunshine, you're my baby and I'm your only mother. You must mind the one taking care of you, but s… read more
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4. Instant Mom
By: Nia Vardalos
4.25
Format: 512 pages, ebook
"Some families are created in different ways but are still, in every way, a family." Writer and sta… read more
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5. To the End of June: The Intimate Life of American Foster Care
By: Cris Beam
2.83
Format: 288 pages, ebook
"Beam presents both a sharp critique of foster-care policies and a searching exploration of the mea… read more
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6. Troubled
By: Rob Henderson
4.26
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
In this raw coming-of-age memoir, in the vein of The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace, The Oth… read more
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"Successful people tell the world they got lucky, then tell their loved ones about the importance of hard work and sacrifice. Critics of successful people tell the world those successful people got lu…"-Rob Henderson, Troubled
"People don't need motivation; they need self-discipline. Motivation is just a feeling. Self-discipline is: 'I'm going to do this regardless of how I feel.' Seldom do people relish doing something har…"-Rob Henderson, Troubled
"Mom's friends were worried that their son isn't talking as much as other six-year-olds. They, like many parents, were concerned with how "smart" their kid is. "Should we be reading to him more?" they…"-Rob Henderson, Troubled
"You should keep your expectations in line with reality. If you view the military as a job, you will be miserable. It's not a job, it's a lot more than that. As long as you wear that uniform, it is yo…"-Rob Henderson, Troubled
7. How to Stay Married: The Most Insane Love Story Ever Told
By: Harrison Scott Key
4.07
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From Harrison Scott Key, winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor, How to Stay Married tells … read more
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"He was "as deep as bro country and possessed all the charm of an unsalted potato."-Harrison Scott Key, How to Stay Married: The Most Insane Love Story Ever Told
"I play the drums, an instrument that has caused more divorces than any other musical instrument in history, after the banjo."-Harrison Scott Key, How to Stay Married: The Most Insane Love Story Ever Told
"The memories do not dissolve. They cohere into captivating art films that play endlessly in the International Infidelity Film Festival of my mind."-Harrison Scott Key, How to Stay Married: The Most Insane Love Story Ever Told
"Coco will be gone in less than two years and Pippi and Ginsburg not long after, and then it'll just be the two of us again and this weird-ass marriage."-Harrison Scott Key, How to Stay Married: The Most Insane Love Story Ever Told
8. Surviving the White Gaze: A Memoir
By: Rebecca Carroll
4.06
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
A stirring and powerful memoir from black cultural critic Rebecca Carroll recounting her painful st… read more
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9. We Were Once a Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America
By: Roxanna Asgarian
4.32
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The shocking, deeply reported story of a murder-suicide that claimed the lives of six children—and … read more
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10. No Cure for Being Human: And Other Truths I Need to Hear
By: Kate Bowler
4.13
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
The bestselling author of Everything Happens for a Reason (And Other Lies I've Loved) asks, how do … read more
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"We live and we are loved and we are gone."-Kate Bowler, No Cure for Being Human: And Other Truths I Need to Hear
"Nothing will exempt me from the pain of being human."-Kate Bowler, No Cure for Being Human: And Other Truths I Need to Hear
"People say carpe diem. I mean, yes, unless you need a nap."-Kate Bowler, No Cure for Being Human: And Other Truths I Need to Hear
"I feel a spark of horror each time I remember it: we come undone."-Kate Bowler, No Cure for Being Human: And Other Truths I Need to Hear
11. You Could Make This Place Beautiful
By: Maggie Smith
4.08
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In her memoir You Could Make This Place Beautiful, poet Maggie Smith explores the disintegration of… read more
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"At our wedding, our college creative writing professor read a poem—John Ciardi’s “Most Like an Arch This Marriage."-Maggie Smith, You Could Make This Place Beautiful
"How I picture it: We are all nesting dolls, carrying the earlier iterations of ourselves inside. We carry the past inside us. We take ourselves–all of our selves–wherever we go. Inside forty-somethin…"-Maggie Smith, You Could Make This Place Beautiful
12. Fostered: One Woman’s Powerful Story of Finding Faith and Family through Foster Care
By: Tori Hope Petersen
4.43
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
If you’re wondering if God can truly move in the life of someone with all the odds stacked against … read more
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"The foster care system should not be used solely to house children but should be used to help them heal."-Tori Hope Petersen, Fostered: One Woman’s Powerful Story of Finding Faith and Family through Foster Care
"Too many people throw money and goods at vulnerable youth when they need time, basic skills, and long-term relationships."-Tori Hope Petersen, Fostered: One Woman’s Powerful Story of Finding Faith and Family through Foster Care
"Being a safe person is something I've strived for. When all is said and done, I don't care to be remembered as a powerhouse. I hope to be remembered as a safe house."-Tori Hope Petersen, Fostered: One Woman’s Powerful Story of Finding Faith and Family through Foster Care
"When we place children to fill beds, we are creating a system of temporary housing rather than a long-term solution of finding children their forever, safe, and loving families."-Tori Hope Petersen, Fostered: One Woman’s Powerful Story of Finding Faith and Family through Foster Care
13. Stranger Care
By: Sarah Sentilles
4.27
Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition
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"Do you have kids?" strangers asked almost every day. "No," I said, not wanting to explain, because, really, it's an unimaginative question, full of their beliefs about what family means, about who co…"-Sarah Sentilles, Stranger Care
"People who learned Eric and I wanted to adopt a child often told us stories of adoptions gone wrong. The adopted child incapable of attachment. Who became a drug addict, a runaway, who drained bank a…"-Sarah Sentilles, Stranger Care
14. Once More We Saw Stars: A Memoir
By: Jayson Greene
4.17
Format: 245 pages, Hardcover
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"If you were built for optimism, you just had to figure out a way to stay that way. We couldn't keep not caring, even if we wanted to; we just weren't made for it. I felt an unexpected throb of empath…"-Jayson Greene, Once More We Saw Stars: A Memoir
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4.18
Format: 160 pages, Kindle Edition
"Low-demand parenting requires radical acceptance. It says to the kid right in front of you, I see … read more
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16. The Understory: An Invitation to Rootedness and Resilience from the Forest Floor
By: Lore Ferguson Wilbert
4.38
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
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17. Broken: Transforming Child Protective Services―Notes of a Former Caseworker
By: Jessica Pryce
4.32
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Joining the ranks of Evicted and The New Jim Crow , a former caseworker’s searing, clear-eyed inves… read more
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18. Relinquished: The Politics of Adoption and the Privilege of American Motherhood
By: Gretchen Sisson
4.38
Format: 311 pages, Hardcover
A powerful decade-long study of adoption in the age of Roe, revealing the grief of the American mot… read more
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19. Now I Am Known
By: MUTABAZI
4.80
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
At age ten, Peter Mutabazi ran away from home in rural Uganda to escape his abusive father. For fiv… read more
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20. The Book of Rosy: A Mother's Story of Separation at the Border
By: Rosayra Pablo Cruz
4.20
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Compelling and urgently important, The Book of Rosy is the unforgettable story of one brave mother … read more
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21. It Takes More than Love: A Christian Guide to Navigating the Complexities of Cross-Cultural Adoption
By: Brittany Salmon
4.56
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Embrace the beauty and challenges of transracial adoption. Being an adoptive parent is hard enough.… read more
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22. Safe: A Memoir of Fatherhood, Foster Care, and the Risks We Take for Family
By: Mark Daley
4.39
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
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23. "You Should Be Grateful": Stories of Race, Identity, and Transracial Adoption
By: Angela Tucker
4.60
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
An adoption expert and transracial adoptee herself examines the unique perspectives and challenges … read more
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24. Foster the Family: Encouragement, Hope, and Practical Help for the Christian Foster Parent
By: Jamie C. Finn
4.73
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
There are great rewards that come along with being a foster parent, yet there are also great challe… read more
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25. Keep the Doors Open: Lessons Learned from a Year of Foster Parenting
By: Kristin Berry
4.41
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Will You Open Your Heart and Home to Children in Need? As a teenager, Kristin Berry had heard all … read more
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26. Sipping Dom Pérignon Through a Straw: Reimagining Success as a Disabled Achiever
By: Eddie Ndopu
4.31
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A memoir penned with one good finger, Ndopu writes about being profoundly disabled and profoundly s… read more
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27. It Wasn't Roaring, It Was Weeping: Interpreting the Language of Our Fathers Without Repeating Their Stories
By: Lisa-Jo Baker
4.58
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
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28. Spilt Milk: Memoirs
By: Courtney Zoffness
3.93
Format: 211 pages, Hardcover
What role does a mother play in raising thoughtful, generous children? In her literary debut, inter… read more
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29. A Love-Stretched Life: Stories on Wrangling Hope, Embracing the Unexpected, and Discovering the Meaning of Family
By: Jillana Goble
4.64
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
“With forthrightness and a sense of humor, the author crafts a poignant portrait of motherhood, rep… read more
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30. Dancing with a Porcupine: Parenting wounded children without losing your self
By: Jennie Lynn Owens
4.32
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
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31. Go and Do Likewise: A Call to Follow Jesus in a Life of Mercy and Mission
By: Amy Dimarcangelo
4.19
Format: 193 pages, Kindle Edition
Learning to Extend God’s Compassion to Those Who Need It Most In love, Jesus came to redeem sinfu… read more
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