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…
Want to Read $ 12.99"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 introductory information like haircare and navigating the adoption system, but little information is provided about identity formation, cultural immersion, and anti-racism work; this type of information needs to be prioritized."-Melissa Guida-Richards, What White Parents Should Know about Transracial Adoption: An Adoptee's Perspective on Its History, Nuances, and Practices
"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 introductory information like haircare and navigating the adoption system, but little information is provided about identity formation, cultural immersion, and anti-racism work; this type of information needs to be prioritized."-Melissa Guida-Richards, What White Parents Should Know about Transracial Adoption: An Adoptee's Perspective on Its History, Nuances, and Practices
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1. The Girls Who Went Away: The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades Before Roe v. Wade
By: Ann Fessler
4.24
Format: 354 pages, Hardcover
A powerful and groundbreaking revelation of the secret history of the 1.5 million women who surrend… read more
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- nonfiction
- adoption
"Secrets keep families sick. You never keep secrets in families because even if the child doesn't know what the secret is, they will always know there is a secret."-Ann Fessler, The Girls Who Went Away: The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades Before Roe v. Wade
"We were not criminals. We're mothers. The difference was I was not an authenticated mother. I was an illegal mother. I was a denied mother. And I had to come home and live my life after being robbed …"-Ann Fessler, The Girls Who Went Away: The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades Before Roe v. Wade
2. 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
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- nonfiction
- parenting
- family
- 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
3. The Making of Asian America: A History
By: Erika Lee , Erika Lee
4.33
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
The definitive history of Asian Americans by one of the nation’s preeminent scholars on the subject… read more
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- race
- nonfiction
4. Adopted for Life: The Priority of Adoption for Christian Families and Churches
By: Russell D. Moore , C.J. Mahaney
3.39
Format: 440 pages, Paperback
A stirring call to Christian families and churches to be a people who care for orphans, not just in… read more
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- nonfiction
- parenting
- adoption
5. You Can Adopt Without Debt: Creative Ways to Cover the Cost of Adoption
By: Julie Gumm
3.70
Format: 640 pages, Paperback
Many families want to adopt, but do not have the large amount of money it takes to complete a priva… read more
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- nonfiction
- parenting
- adoption
6. 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
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- race
- nonfiction
- adoption
7. Saving My Assassin
By: Virginia Prodan
3.33
Format: 161 pages, Hardcover
"I should be dead. Buried in an unmarked grave in Romania. Obviously, I am not. God had other plans… read more
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8. 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
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9. Letters Across the Divide: Two Friends Explore Racism, Friendship, and Faith
By: David A. Anderson , None
2.69
Format: 88 pages, Paperback
Discusses the obstacles, stereotypes, and sins that inhibit interracial reconciliation. read more
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10. In On It: What Adoptive Parents Would Like You To Know About Adoption. A Guide for Relatives and Friends.
By: None
3.93
Format: 214 pages,
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11. 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
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12. 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
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- nonfiction
- social work
- parenting
- adoption
13. 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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- nonfiction
- adult
- adoption
14. The Intentional Father: A Practical Guide to Raise Sons of Courage and Character (Includes Activities, Rites of Passage, and Steps for Parenting Boys. ... for Dads, Grandpas, and Expectant Fathers)
By: Jon Tyson
4.37
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Self-initiation is killing our young men. Without strong mentors, boys are walking alone into a wil… read more
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- nonfiction
- parenting
- family
"Let's not be a generation of fathers who push this crisis off to the next generation. Let's be fathers who release blessing and not brokenness -- favor and not curses. Resolve in your spirit to do th…"-Jon Tyson, The Intentional Father: A Practical Guide to Raise Sons of Courage and Character (Includes Activities, Rites of Passage, and Steps for Parenting Boys. ... for Dads, Grandpas, and Expectant Fathers)
15. Bingo Love
By: Tee Franklin
3.93
Format: 92 pages, ebook
Bingo Love is a story of a same-sex romance that spans over 60 years. A chance meeting at church bi… read more
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- adult
16. 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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- race
- nonfiction
- adult
- adoption
17. Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning
By: Cathy Park Hong
4.21
Format: 209 pages, Hardcover
Poet and essayist Cathy Park Hong blends memoir, cultural criticism, and history to expose the trut… read more
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- race
- nonfiction
"When I hear the phrase “Asians are next in line to be white,"-Cathy Park Hong, Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning
"The avant-garde genealogy could be tracked through stories of bad-boy white artists who “got away with it,"-Cathy Park Hong, Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning
"the curse of anyone nonwhite is that you are so busy arguing what you're not that you never arrive at what you are."-Cathy Park Hong, Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning
"Hollywood is still so racist against Asians that when there’s a rare Asian extra in a film, I tense up for the chinky joke and relax when there isn’t one."-Cathy Park Hong, Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning
18. American Baby: A Mother, a Child, and the Shadow History of Adoption
By: Gabrielle Glaser
4.34
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The truth about postwar adoption in America, told through the bittersweet story of one teenager, th… read more
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- nonfiction
- adult
- parenting
- adoption
19. Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine
By: Uché Blackstock
4.46
Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition
“Legacy is an illuminating and stirring journey of a book.” —Ibram X. Kendi, #1 New York Times- bes… read more
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- race
- nonfiction
20. 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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- adult
- nonfiction
- adoption
"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
21. 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 … read more
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- nonfiction
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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
22. How to Raise an Antiracist
By: Ibram X. Kendi
4.41
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The book that every parent, caregiver, and teacher needs to raise the next generation of antiracist… read more
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- race
- parenting
- adult
"To raise an antiracist is to raise a critical thinker. And to raise a critical thinker is to raise an antiracist."-Ibram X. Kendi, How to Raise an Antiracist
"Caregivers must model a critical home, a critical classroom, a critical community, for kids to defy and question everything that’s questionable."-Ibram X. Kendi, How to Raise an Antiracist
"Literacy is not an end. Literacy should be taught as a means to critical thinking. Knowledge isn't an end. Knowledge is a means to critical thinking. The smartest student is not the student who is th…"-Ibram X. Kendi, How to Raise an Antiracist
"Instead of calling these IB and AP courses "gifted" classes, I call them privileged classes. The students in the classes are privileged. Colleges give preferential treatment to students who take thes…"-Ibram X. Kendi, How to Raise an Antiracist
23. Biting the Hand: Growing Up Asian in Black and White America
By: Julia Lee
4.34
Format: 248 pages, Hardcover
Julia Lee is angry. And she has questions. What does it mean to be Asian in America? What does it … read more
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- race
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24. 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
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25. 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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- nonfiction
- race
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- adoption
26. "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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- race
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27. 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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- nonfiction
- parenting
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- adoption
28. 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
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- nonfiction
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29. For Brown Girls with Sharp Edges and Tender Hearts: A Love Letter to Women of Color
By: Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez
4.48
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
The founder of Latina Rebels’ “electrifying debut” ( LA Times ) arms women of color with the tools … read more
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- race
- nonfiction
- adult
"The white people I met were well-meaning, well-read liberal folks who happened to know all the ins and outs of racism and colonialism, but somehow positioned these problems outside of themselves rath…"-Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez, For Brown Girls with Sharp Edges and Tender Hearts: A Love Letter to Women of Color
30. 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
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- race
- parenting
- social work
- adoption
- nonfiction
- family
- adult
"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
31. Brown White Black: An American Family at the Intersection of Race, Gender, Sexuality, and Religion
By: Nishta J. Mehra
4.24
Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition
Intimate and honest essays on motherhood, marriage, love, and acceptanceBrown White Black is a port… read more
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- nonfiction
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"To retrain ourselves to speak differently is a way of indicating that we care enough to be more precise, to make space for others who are different."-Nishta J. Mehra, Brown White Black: An American Family at the Intersection of Race, Gender, Sexuality, and Religion
"Being a nontraditional family means constantly navigating and questioning public perceptions and stereotypes while also being occupied with the same mundane tasks and activities as every other family…"-Nishta J. Mehra, Brown White Black: An American Family at the Intersection of Race, Gender, Sexuality, and Religion
"Nothing about parenting Shiv is simple, because we're this at once recognizable yet totally unfamiliar amalgam of a twenty-first-century family: white mom, brown mom, black son. We push a lot of cult…"-Nishta J. Mehra, Brown White Black: An American Family at the Intersection of Race, Gender, Sexuality, and Religion
