The Lies That Bind: An Adoptee's Journey Through Rejection, Redirection, DNA, and Discovery
By: Laureen Pittman
4.37
Format: 193 pages, Kindle Edition
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1. The Foundling: The True Story of a Kidnapping, a Family Secret, and My Search for the Real Me
By: Alex Tresniowski , Paul Joseph Fronczak
4.17
Format: 78 pages, Hardcover
"A gripping tale of secrets and self-discovery." --People The Foundlingtells the incredible and ins… read more
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- memoir
2. Family Medical History: Unknown/Adopted: How One Inquiry Led to Many Unexpected Discoveries
By: Nancy Kacirek Feldman , Rebecca Crofoot
3.57
Format: None pages, Paperback
Knowing where you came from often determines who you are... At the age of 46, Nancy Feldman knew ho… read more
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- memoir
- adoption
3. The Other Mother: A Woman's Love for the Child She Gave Up for Adoption
By: Carol Schaefer
3.29
Format: None pages, Paperback
In 1965, Carol Schaefer was 19, a freshman in college and deeply in love. She was also pregnant. Wh… read more
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4. Into the Abyss: How a Deadly Plane Crash Changed the Lives of a Pilot, a Politician, a Criminal and a Cop
By: Carol Shaben
4.75
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
Only four men survived the plane crash. The pilot. A politician. A cop... and the criminal he was s… read more
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5. Tent for Seven: A Camping Adventure Gone South Out West
By: Marty Ohlhaut
4.41
Format: 250 pages, Paperback
Riveting true story about the power of family and the majesty of the wilderness Marty Ohlhaut lo… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
"Had I known just how memorable our trip was about to be, we never would have left the house."-Marty Ohlhaut, Tent for Seven: A Camping Adventure Gone South Out West
"It was that melancholy time of afternoon, when spirits seem suspended between the day’s activities and the night’s reminiscence."-Marty Ohlhaut, Tent for Seven: A Camping Adventure Gone South Out West
6. LEVI'S EYES: A Son's Deadly Secret and a Father's Cruel Betrayal
By: Aphrodite Jones
4.32
Format: 380 pages, Kindle Edition
LEVI’S EYES delves into the unspeakable murders of Christina and Levi Karlsen, as told by the kille… read more
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- nonfiction
7. Displaced: A Memoir
By: Esther Wiebe
4.30
Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition
Displaced is a gripping true story of a young girl and her young siblings’ escape from a conservat… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
8. The Sister Under the Stairs
By: Steena Holmes
4.09
Format: 356 pages, Kindle Edition
Please note this is a revised edition of Lies We Tell Ourselves. My twin sister disappeared twel… read more
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9. The Lost Girl
By: Mark Gillespie
4.07
Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition
Darcy vanished thirteen years ago. Today, she’s coming home. Darcy Drummond was four when she was k… read more
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10. Sorry for the Inconvenience: A Memoir
By: Farah Naz Rishi
4.23
Format: 290 pages, Kindle Edition
From a Pakistani American author comes a bracing memoir about tradition, upending expectations, and… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
11. Twice a Daughter: A Search for Identity, Family, and Belonging
By: Julie Ryan McGue
4.25
Format: 282 pages, Paperback
Julie is adopted. She is also a twin. Because their adoption was closed, she and her sister lack bo… read more
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- adoption
12. The Adopted Daughter
By: J.J. Burgess
4.09
Format: 285 pages, Kindle Edition
She says she’s his daughter. But what does she really want?Alice and Richard are happily married an… read more
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13. Remember Me ?
By: Amanda Ashby
4.00
Format: 310 pages, Kindle Edition
A perfect life… Paul Henderson leads a normal life. A deputy headteacher at a good school, a lov… read more
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14. Everything is Perfect: A Memoir
By: Kate Nason
4.17
Format: 257 pages, Kindle Edition
Seven years into her second marriage, Kate Nason discovered her husband was cheating on her. Then, … read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
15. And I Cried, Too: Confronting Evil in a Small Town, a memoir
By: Mike Hartnett
4.24
Format: 178 pages, Kindle Edition
Mike and his wife, Barbara, moved to Lincoln, Illinois, in 1972. The town of 17,000 was charming, f… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
16. Your Secret My Story
By: Kate Kendall
4.29
Format: 80 pages, Kindle Edition
As an adoptee, do you have mixed feelings about your adoption? Kate Kendall is an adoptee, and in t… read more
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17. The Lies That Bind: An Adoptee's Journey Through Rejection, Redirection, DNA, and Discovery
By: Laureen Pittman
4.37
Format: 193 pages, Kindle Edition
A universal tale of love, rejection, redemption, and acceptance - and the heartache and healing tha… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
- adoption
18. My Every Breath: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Hope
By: Anna Maynard
4.50
Format: 449 pages, Kindle Edition
The compelling story of a woman's lifelong battle with Cystic Fibrosis and her astonishing resilien… read more
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- nonfiction
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19. All About You: An Adopted Child's Memoir
By: Liz Butler Duren
4.39
Format: 152 pages, Kindle Edition
At fifteen, Liz learns a long-held secret about her life. She was adopted. This discovery leads Liz… read more
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20. Our Elizabeth: Her Struggle With Opioid Addiction
By: Larry C. Turner
4.17
Format: 81 pages, Kindle Edition
In the late 1990’s pharmaceutical companies reassured the medical community that patients would not… read more
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21. Revelation: A Memoir of Deep Family Secrets, Discovery, and Identity
By: Richard Gary Kaye
4.10
Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition
Richard (Rick) Gary Kaye’s intimate memoir is a riveting story about a devastating family secret hi… read more
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- nonfiction
22. An Only Child and Her Sister
By: Casey Maxwell Clair
4.31
Format: 279 pages, Kindle Edition
AN ONLY CHILD AND HER SISTER is a compelling true life story. Two sisters born to the same parents … read more
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23. Abused to Death 1
By: Jessica Jackson
4.53
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
Read the shocking stories of 8 children, as I they were denied in their short lives, including: I o… read more
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24. She Turned Her Head Away: An Adoption Memoir
By: Patricia Moffat
4.33
Format: 265 pages, Kindle Edition
Growing up in the closed adoption system of Northern California, Patricia Moffat always felt a yawn… read more
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25. Illegitimately yours, Michael and Me: A memoir of secrets, adoption and DNA
By: Catherine Taylor
4.08
Format: 180 pages, Kindle Edition
The story of two siblings, two 'illegitimate' children bonded with love, ambiguous origins and a d… read more
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26. Maternal Failure
By: Barb Baltrinic
4.02
Format: 299 pages, Kindle Edition
My mother made choices which would become the secrets she carried to her grave. I had been born ill… read more
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27. I Had My Underwear On The Entire Time: A Memoir of Discovering Family through Genetic Genealogy
By: Michael Blair
4.49
Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition
One day when he was eighteen, Michael Blair was lounging on the living room sofa when his mother sh… read more
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28. My Family Tree: Taken to the Grave
By: Shari Klosterman
4.09
Format: 82 pages, Kindle Edition
What started as building a family tree became an even deeper rabbit hole after doing a DNA test. Th… read more
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29. How did you find me...after all these years?:: A Family Memoir
By: Denny Vinar
4.47
Format: 192 pages, Kindle Edition
In the late 1950's, when a shy, 13-year-old girl and a 15-year-old, outgoing boy fall in love in a … read more
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30. Little Sylvie, An Unforgettable Adoption Story
By: Sylvie Gagnon
2.98
Format: 88 pages, Kindle Edition
Little Sylvie, an Unforgettable Adoption Story... Sylvie always thought it was a great thing to be … read more
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31. A Daughter's Journey: ...and Story of Resilience
By: Alison Morea Duiker
4.31
Format: 938 pages, Kindle Edition
“Goodnight Mommy,” a young five year old girl says to her mother, upon being tucked into bed for th… read more
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