Book Reviews

Amazon Description of You Don’t Look Adopted by Anne Heffron: “When you take away the habits of your life, you get to the question of Who am I? And if you sit with that, you get to the que...

From the Cover of The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child’s Developing Mind by Daniel J. Siegel, M.D., and Tina Payne Bryson, PH.D.: “In this pioneering, p...

FROM THE COVER: 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 qu...

Transfiguring Adoption’s Thoughts: The target audience of this book appears to be the general public and targeting children ages 4 through 9 years old. With the current popularity of mermaids ch...

From the Cover of Somebody’s Daughter by Marie Myung-Ok Lee: “Imagine giving birth to a daughter and having her whisked away moments later. Imagine being left to wonder for the rest of you...

From the Cover of The Simple Guide to Child Trauma: What It Is and How to Help by Betsy de Thierry: “What is trauma? How does it affect children? How can adults help? Providing straightforward a...

From the Cover of A Short Introduction to Attachment and Attachment Disorder by Colby Pearce: “Concise and easy to understand, this book provides an introduction to what ‘attachment’...

From the Cover of The Secrets of Successful Adoptive Parenting: Practical Advice and Strategies to Help with Emotional and Behavioral Challenges by Sophie Ashton: “Are you in the process of adop...

From the Cover of Rescuing Julia Twice by Tina Traster: In moving and refreshingly candid prose, Rescuing Julia Twice tells Traster’s foreign-adoption story, from dealing with the bleak landscape and ...