Book Reviews

From the Cover of Forever Mom: What to Expect When You’re Adopting by Mary Ostyn: Mary Ostyn married her sweetheart at nineteen, and the pair had four kids by their eighth anniversary. When thei...

From the Cover of Fixing the Fates: An Adoptee’s Story of Truth and Lies by Diane Dewey: “Diane Dewey, surrendered in a German orphanage at age one, was adopted and raised by loving parent...

From the Cover of Damaged: The Heartbreaking True Story of a Forgotten Child by Cathy Glass: “Cathy Glass had fostered fifty children over twenty years but none of them had been as disturbed as ...

From the Cover of Creating Compassionate Foster Care: Lessons of Hope from Children and Families in Crisis by Janet C. Mann, and Dr. Molly Kretchmar-Hendricks: “Inspired by over 20 years of work with ...

From the Cover of The Connected Child by Karen Purvis, Ph.D., David Cross, Ph.D., and Wendy Lyons Sunshine: “The adoption of a child is always a joyous moment in the life of a family. Some adopt...

From the Cover of Creative Therapies for Complex Trauma: Helping Children and Families in Foster Care, Kinship Care or Adoption edited by Anthea Hendry and Joy Hasler: “A burgeoning evidence bas...

From the Cover of Caring with Vitality – Yoga and Wellbeing for Foster Carers, Adopters and Their Families: Everyday Ideas to Help You Cope and Thrive! by Andrea Warman and Liz Lark: “Real...

From the Cover of Brain Integration Therapy Manual by Dianne Craft: “You Can Do This Proven Therapy At Home! It has been proven by hundreds of parents, for the past 20 years, that PROCESSING PRO...

Grade: Transfiguring Adoption awarded this book 2 Hoots out of 5 based on how useful it will be for a foster/adoptive family. [Learn more about our Hoot grading system here] What I Thought: Blue Night...