Adoption Unfiltered: Revelations from Adoptees, Birth Parents, Adoptive Parents, and Allies
By: Sara Easterly
4.45
Format: 330 pages, Hardcover
Reveals the candid thoughts and feelings of those most directly involved in adoptees, adoptive par…
Want to Read $ 27.44If you liked the adoption plot in Adoption Unfiltered: Revelations from Adoptees, Birth Parents, Adoptive Parents, and Allies by Sara Easterly , here is a list of 12 books like this:
1. Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew
By: Sherrie Eldridge
3.72
Format: 222 pages, Paperback
"Birthdays may be difficult for me." "I want you to take the initiative in opening conversations a… read more
Want to Read $ 14.99Similar categories in Sherrie Eldridge's Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew book and Sara Easterly's Adoption Unfiltered: Revelations from Adoptees, Birth Parents, Adoptive Parents, and Allies
- nonfiction
- parenting
- adoption
"I believe one of the most sacrificial acts of love adoptive parents can do is to give up their preconceptions and agendas about what their child's views "should" be and be open to hear the conflictin…"-Sherrie Eldridge, Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew
"Listen to your hearts, parents! You are the expert when it comes to knowing your child. I love the Scripture that says we are to let the peace of God rule in our hearts...In other words, peace in you…"-Sherrie Eldridge, Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew
2. All You Can Ever Know
By: Nicole Chung
3.77
Format: 300 pages,
All You Can Ever Know (Catapult, Fall 2018) spans Nicole Chung's transracial adoption, her upbringi… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Nicole Chung's All You Can Ever Know book and Sara Easterly's Adoption Unfiltered: Revelations from Adoptees, Birth Parents, Adoptive Parents, and Allies
- nonfiction
- adoption
3. The Open-Hearted Way to Open Adoption: Helping Your Child Grow Up Whole
By: Lori Holden , None
3.59
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
Prior to 1990, fewer than 5% of domestic infant adoptions were open. In 2011, 90% or more of adopti… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Lori Holden's The Open-Hearted Way to Open Adoption: Helping Your Child Grow Up Whole book and Sara Easterly's Adoption Unfiltered: Revelations from Adoptees, Birth Parents, Adoptive Parents, and Allies
4. The Story of Christianity: Volume 2: The Reformation to the Present Day
By: Justo L. González
4.29
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
This highly informative, narrative history covers the events, persons, external influences, and for… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Justo L. González's The Story of Christianity: Volume 2: The Reformation to the Present Day book and Sara Easterly's Adoption Unfiltered: Revelations from Adoptees, Birth Parents, Adoptive Parents, and Allies
5. The Connected Child: Bring Hope and Healing to Your Adoptive Family
By: None
2.00
Format: 28 pages, Paperback
The adoption of a child is always a joyous moment in the life of a family. Some adoptions, though, … read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in None's The Connected Child: Bring Hope and Healing to Your Adoptive Family book and Sara Easterly's Adoption Unfiltered: Revelations from Adoptees, Birth Parents, Adoptive Parents, and Allies
6. The Primal Wound: Understanding The Adopted Child
By: Nancy Verrier
4.05
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
The Primal Wound is a seminal work which revolutionizes the way we think about adoption. It describ… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Nancy Verrier's The Primal Wound: Understanding The Adopted Child book and Sara Easterly's Adoption Unfiltered: Revelations from Adoptees, Birth Parents, Adoptive Parents, and Allies
- nonfiction
- parenting
- adoption
7. 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
Want to Read $ 13.99Similar categories in Rebecca Carroll's Surviving the White Gaze: A Memoir book and Sara Easterly's Adoption Unfiltered: Revelations from Adoptees, Birth Parents, Adoptive Parents, and Allies
- nonfiction
- adoption
8. ADHD 2.0 : New Science and Essential Strategies for Thriving with Distraction—From Childhood Through Adulthood
By: Edward M. Hallowell
4.09
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
A revolutionary new approach to ADD/ADHD featuring cutting-edge research and strategies to help rea… read more
Want to Read $ 14.99Similar categories in Edward M. Hallowell's ADHD 2.0 : New Science and Essential Strategies for Thriving with Distraction—From Childhood Through Adulthood book and Sara Easterly's Adoption Unfiltered: Revelations from Adoptees, Birth Parents, Adoptive Parents, and Allies
- nonfiction
- parenting
9. Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics
By: Marc Lamont Hill
4.21
Format: 227 pages, Hardcover
A bold call for the American Left to extend their politics to the issues of Israel-Palestine, from … read more
Want to Read $ 13.49Similar categories in Marc Lamont Hill's Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics book and Sara Easterly's Adoption Unfiltered: Revelations from Adoptees, Birth Parents, Adoptive Parents, and Allies
- nonfiction
10. Family Family
By: Laurie Frankel
4.00
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
“Not all stories of adoption are stories of pain and regret. Not even most of them. Why don’t we ev… read more
Want to Read $ 14.99Similar categories in Laurie Frankel's Family Family book and Sara Easterly's Adoption Unfiltered: Revelations from Adoptees, Birth Parents, Adoptive Parents, and Allies
- adoption
"When people thought of mothers, they smelled cookies baking and chocolate melting. But actual mothers got shit for giving their kids too much sugar. When people thought of mothers, they thought soft …"-Laurie Frankel, Family Family
11. 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
Want to Read $ 12.99Similar categories in Roxanna Asgarian's We Were Once a Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America book and Sara Easterly's Adoption Unfiltered: Revelations from Adoptees, Birth Parents, Adoptive Parents, and Allies
- nonfiction
- adoption
12. Really Very Crunchy: A Beginner's Guide to Removing Toxins from Your Life without Adding Them to Your Personality
By: Emily Morrow
4.20
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Find your Inner Crunchy without becoming that person with this helpful guide from social media star… read more
Want to Read $ 12.99Similar categories in Emily Morrow's Really Very Crunchy: A Beginner's Guide to Removing Toxins from Your Life without Adding Them to Your Personality book and Sara Easterly's Adoption Unfiltered: Revelations from Adoptees, Birth Parents, Adoptive Parents, and Allies
- nonfiction
- parenting
13. Airplane Mode: An Irreverent History of Travel
By: Shahnaz Habib
3.89
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A playful personal and cultural history of travel from a postcolonial, person-of-color perspective,… read more
Want to Read $ 12.99Similar categories in Shahnaz Habib's Airplane Mode: An Irreverent History of Travel book and Sara Easterly's Adoption Unfiltered: Revelations from Adoptees, Birth Parents, Adoptive Parents, and Allies
- nonfiction
"I don't know if this should be considered a hobby or a disorder, but going for a walk is my idea of a marvelous time."-Shahnaz Habib, Airplane Mode: An Irreverent History of Travel
14. Suffering is Never for Nothing
By: Elisabeth Elliot
4.68
Format: 108 pages, Hardcover
Hard times come for all in life, with no real explanation. When we walk through suffering, it has t… read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Elisabeth Elliot's Suffering is Never for Nothing book and Sara Easterly's Adoption Unfiltered: Revelations from Adoptees, Birth Parents, Adoptive Parents, and Allies
- nonfiction
"Faith is not a feeling. Faith is willed obedience in action."-Elisabeth Elliot, Suffering is Never for Nothing
"The love of God is not a sentiment. It is a willed and inexorable love that will command nothing less than the very best for us. The love of God wills our joy. I think of the love of God as being syn…"-Elisabeth Elliot, Suffering is Never for Nothing
"It’s He who was the Word before the foundation of the world, suffering as a lamb slain. And He has a lot up His sleeve that you and I haven’t the slightest idea about now. He’s told us enough so that…"-Elisabeth Elliot, Suffering is Never for Nothing
"We are not adrift in chaos. To me that is the most fortifying, the most stabilizing, the most peace-giving thing that I know about anything in the universe. Every time that things have seemingly fall…"-Elisabeth Elliot, Suffering is Never for Nothing
15. The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church
By: Sarah McCammon
4.21
Format: 310 pages, Hardcover
The first definitive book that names the massive social movement of people leaving the white evange… read more
Want to Read $ 14.99Similar categories in Sarah McCammon's The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church book and Sara Easterly's Adoption Unfiltered: Revelations from Adoptees, Birth Parents, Adoptive Parents, and Allies
- nonfiction
16. ADHD is Awesome: A Guide to (Mostly) Thriving with ADHD
By: Penn Holderness
4.32
Format: 292 pages, Hardcover
Hi, friend! Welcome to the ADHD club. You're here because, like me, you've been diagnosed with a… read more
Want to Read $ 19.99Similar categories in Penn Holderness's ADHD is Awesome: A Guide to (Mostly) Thriving with ADHD book and Sara Easterly's Adoption Unfiltered: Revelations from Adoptees, Birth Parents, Adoptive Parents, and Allies
- nonfiction
- parenting
17. Women and Children First
By: Alina Grabowski
3.38
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A gripping literary puzzle that unwinds the private lives of ten women as they confront tragedy in … read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Alina Grabowski's Women and Children First book and Sara Easterly's Adoption Unfiltered: Revelations from Adoptees, Birth Parents, Adoptive Parents, and Allies
18. Disillusioned: Five Families and the Unraveling of America's Suburbs
By: Benjamin Herold
3.89
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
Through the stories of five American families, a masterful and timely exploration of how hope, hist… read more
Want to Read $ 16.99Similar categories in Benjamin Herold's Disillusioned: Five Families and the Unraveling of America's Suburbs book and Sara Easterly's Adoption Unfiltered: Revelations from Adoptees, Birth Parents, Adoptive Parents, and Allies
- nonfiction
19. Curveball: When Your Faith Takes Turns You Never Saw Coming (or How I Stumbled and Tripped My Way to Finding a Bigger God)
By: Peter Enns
4.36
Format: 239 pages, Kindle Edition
“Peter Enns is brilliant at taking the big topics, those Christian ideas that usually scare us or i… read more
Want to Read $ 12.99Similar categories in Peter Enns's Curveball: When Your Faith Takes Turns You Never Saw Coming (or How I Stumbled and Tripped My Way to Finding a Bigger God) book and Sara Easterly's Adoption Unfiltered: Revelations from Adoptees, Birth Parents, Adoptive Parents, and Allies
- nonfiction
"Does the God of Abraham look lovingly upon ancient cave drawings and temples dedicated to the only gods ancient humans could have known?"-Peter Enns, Curveball: When Your Faith Takes Turns You Never Saw Coming (or How I Stumbled and Tripped My Way to Finding a Bigger God)
"Like a frail plant that needs careful tending and constant protection from sun and wind, perhaps the real problem wasn’t me but the fragile, unsustainable version of Christianity I had been told was …"-Peter Enns, Curveball: When Your Faith Takes Turns You Never Saw Coming (or How I Stumbled and Tripped My Way to Finding a Bigger God)
"Placeholder theology is the very nature of theology. By it we acknowledge the human need to say something about ultimate meaning concerning the Creator and the creation while also understanding that …"-Peter Enns, Curveball: When Your Faith Takes Turns You Never Saw Coming (or How I Stumbled and Tripped My Way to Finding a Bigger God)
"A God who does not connect to the world around us is a God who cannot speak to us. Believing in a God who demands that we continue to adopt only biblically ancient ways of thinking of God, which are …"-Peter Enns, Curveball: When Your Faith Takes Turns You Never Saw Coming (or How I Stumbled and Tripped My Way to Finding a Bigger God)
20. Extra Focus: The Quick Start Guide to Adult ADHD
By: Jesse J. Anderson
4.29
Format: 176 pages, Kindle Edition
Discover the keys to embracing your ADHD strengths and quirks with Extra Focus. This book isn't … read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Jesse J. Anderson's Extra Focus: The Quick Start Guide to Adult ADHD book and Sara Easterly's Adoption Unfiltered: Revelations from Adoptees, Birth Parents, Adoptive Parents, and Allies
- nonfiction
"The problem is that everyone expects you to be motivated by the same things that motivate others."-Jesse J. Anderson, Extra Focus: The Quick Start Guide to Adult ADHD
"Captivate: how can I make it interesting? Create: how can I make it creative or novel? Compete: how can I make it competitive or challenging? Complete: how can I make its completion feel urgent?"-Jesse J. Anderson, Extra Focus: The Quick Start Guide to Adult ADHD
21. 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
Want to Read $ 14.99Similar categories in Gretchen Sisson's Relinquished: The Politics of Adoption and the Privilege of American Motherhood book and Sara Easterly's Adoption Unfiltered: Revelations from Adoptees, Birth Parents, Adoptive Parents, and Allies
- nonfiction
- parenting
- adoption
22. The Connected Parent: Real-Life Strategies for Building Trust and Attachment
By: Karyn Purvis
4.55
Format: 187 pages, Kindle Edition
You Can Effectively Parent an Adopted or Foster Child Parenting under the best of circumstances is … read more
Want to Read $ 10.20Similar categories in Karyn Purvis's The Connected Parent: Real-Life Strategies for Building Trust and Attachment book and Sara Easterly's Adoption Unfiltered: Revelations from Adoptees, Birth Parents, Adoptive Parents, and Allies
- nonfiction
- parenting
- adoption
23. How to ADHD: An Insider's Guide to Working with Your Brain (Not Against It)
By: Jessica McCabe
4.52
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
In this honest, friendly, and shame-free guide, the creator of the award-winning YouTube channel Ho… read more
Want to Read $ 12.99Similar categories in Jessica McCabe's How to ADHD: An Insider's Guide to Working with Your Brain (Not Against It) book and Sara Easterly's Adoption Unfiltered: Revelations from Adoptees, Birth Parents, Adoptive Parents, and Allies
- nonfiction
"Sure, I have limits, but as fellow YouTuber and ADHDer Hannah Hart told me, creativity loves limits."-Jessica McCabe, How to ADHD: An Insider's Guide to Working with Your Brain (Not Against It)
"We are acceptable humans as is, not once we stop having ADHD. You do not need to be fixed because you are not a broken version of normal."-Jessica McCabe, How to ADHD: An Insider's Guide to Working with Your Brain (Not Against It)
24. "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
Want to Read $ 13.99Similar categories in Angela Tucker's "You Should Be Grateful": Stories of Race, Identity, and Transracial Adoption book and Sara Easterly's Adoption Unfiltered: Revelations from Adoptees, Birth Parents, Adoptive Parents, and Allies
- nonfiction
- parenting
- adoption
25. Between You and Us
By: Kendra Broekhuis
4.08
Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition
When a grieving woman unexpectedly steps into a different outcome of her life, she must choose betw… read more
Want to Read $ 11.99Similar categories in Kendra Broekhuis's Between You and Us book and Sara Easterly's Adoption Unfiltered: Revelations from Adoptees, Birth Parents, Adoptive Parents, and Allies
26. Adoption Unfiltered: Revelations from Adoptees, Birth Parents, Adoptive Parents, and Allies
By: Sara Easterly
4.45
Format: 330 pages, Hardcover
Reveals the candid thoughts and feelings of those most directly involved in adoptees, adoptive par… read more
Want to Read $ 27.44Similar categories in Sara Easterly's Adoption Unfiltered: Revelations from Adoptees, Birth Parents, Adoptive Parents, and Allies book and Sara Easterly's Adoption Unfiltered: Revelations from Adoptees, Birth Parents, Adoptive Parents, and Allies
- nonfiction
- parenting
- adoption
27. Sweetness in the Skin
By: Ishi Robinson
4.29
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
“A delightful coming-of-age story set in Jamaica, amid heartbreak, hopefulness, and mirth.”—Charmai… read more
Want to Read $ 2.99Similar categories in Ishi Robinson's Sweetness in the Skin book and Sara Easterly's Adoption Unfiltered: Revelations from Adoptees, Birth Parents, Adoptive Parents, and Allies
28. What White Parents Should Know about Transracial Adoption: An Adoptee's Perspective on Its History, Nuances, and Practices
By: Melissa Guida-Richards
4.24
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
The White Fragility for transracial adoption--practical tools for nurturing identity, unlearning wh… read more
Want to Read $ 12.99Similar categories in Melissa Guida-Richards's What White Parents Should Know about Transracial Adoption: An Adoptee's Perspective on Its History, Nuances, and Practices book and Sara Easterly's Adoption Unfiltered: Revelations from Adoptees, Birth Parents, Adoptive Parents, and Allies
- nonfiction
- parenting
- adoption
"Currently not enough is being done to make sure adoptive parents receive continued education and counseling in transracial adoption to help support them as their child ages. There is some focus on in…"-Melissa Guida-Richards, What White Parents Should Know about Transracial Adoption: An Adoptee's Perspective on Its History, Nuances, and Practices
29. I Would Meet You Anywhere: A Memoir
By: Susan Kiyo Ito
4.61
Format: 262 pages, Paperback
“Susan Kiyo Ito is like a surgeon operating on herself. She is delicate, precise, and at times cutt… read more
Want to Read $ 20.53Similar categories in Susan Kiyo Ito's I Would Meet You Anywhere: A Memoir book and Sara Easterly's Adoption Unfiltered: Revelations from Adoptees, Birth Parents, Adoptive Parents, and Allies
- nonfiction
- adoption
30. Kissing Girls on Shabbat: A Memoir
By: Sara Glass
4.38
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A moving coming-of-age memoir in the vein of Unorthodox and Brazen , about one young woman’s desper… read more
Want to Read $ 14.99Similar categories in Sara Glass's Kissing Girls on Shabbat: A Memoir book and Sara Easterly's Adoption Unfiltered: Revelations from Adoptees, Birth Parents, Adoptive Parents, and Allies
- nonfiction
31. The Sixteenth Year: An Open Adoption Memoir
By: Leah Outten
4.50
Format: 190 pages, Paperback
It was the year that changed everything.When a pregnancy test turns up positive, Leah has some toug… read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Leah Outten's The Sixteenth Year: An Open Adoption Memoir book and Sara Easterly's Adoption Unfiltered: Revelations from Adoptees, Birth Parents, Adoptive Parents, and Allies
