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Family Family
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Family Family

By Laurie Frankel ,

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The Primal Wound
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The Primal Wound

By Nancy Newton Verrier ,

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And Tango Makes Three
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And Tango Makes Three

By Justin Richardson , Peter Parnell , Henry Cole (illustrator)

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Finding Chika: A Little Girl, an Earthquake, and the Making of a Family
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Finding Chika

By Mitch Albom ,

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American Baby: A Mother, a Child, and the Shadow History of Adoption
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American Baby

By Gabrielle Glaser ,

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All You Can Ever Know: A Memoir
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All You Can Ever Know

By Nicole Chung ,

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Cuckoo in the Nest
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Cuckoo in the Nest

By Fran Hill ,

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Red Dust Road
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Red Dust Road

By Jackie Kay ,

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The Light in the Window
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The Light in the Window

By June Goulding ,

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The Family Book
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The Family Book

By Todd Parr ,

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Philomena: The True Story of a Mother and the Son She Had to Give Away
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Philomena

By Martin Sixsmith ,

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I Would Meet You Anywhere: A Memoir
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I Would Meet You Anywhere

By Susan Kiyo Ito ,

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Relinquished: The Politics of Adoption and the Privilege of American Motherhood
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Relinquished

By Gretchen Sisson ,

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Unnatural Selection: A Memoir of Adoption and Wilderness
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Unnatural Selection

By Andrea Ross ,

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Dear Birthmother: Thank You for Our Baby
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Dear Birthmother

By Phyllis Speedlin , Kathleen Silber ,

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God and Jetfire: Confessions of a Birth Mother
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God and Jetfire

By Amy Seek ,

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Instant Mom
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Instant Mom

By Nia Vardalos ,

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In Search of the Sun: One Woman's Quest to Find Family in Japan
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In Search of the Sun

By Leza Lowitz ,

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The Saddest Girl in the World
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The Saddest Girl in the World

By Cathy Glass ,

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Belonging: A Memoir
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Belonging

By Catherine Corless ,

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Older Sister. Not Necessarily Related: A Memoir
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Older Sister. Not Necessarily Related

By Jenny Heijun Wills ,

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Girl with Dove
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Girl with Dove

By Sally Bayley ,

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Our Subway Baby
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Our Subway Baby

By Peter Mercurio , Leo Espinosa (illustrator) ,

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American Bastard
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American Bastard

By Jan Beatty ,

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Indians in the Family: Adoption and the Politics of Antebellum Expansion
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Indians in the Family

By Dawn Peterson ,

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Delly Duck: Why A Little Chick Couldn't Stay With His Birth Mother
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Delly Duck

By Holly Marlow , Suzy Garland (illustrator) ,

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Survival Without Roots: Memoir of an Adopted Englishwoman
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Survival Without Roots

By Anna Anderson ,

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Are You My New Mum?
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Are You My New Mum?

By Astrid Peerson ,

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The Birth Father's Tale
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The Birth Father's Tale

By Andrew Ward ,

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This Is Me
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This Is Me

By Fiona Myles ,

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This Is Me: I'm Adopted
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This Is Me

By Fiona Myles ,

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The Lost Child of Philomena Lee: A Mother, Her Son and a Fifty Year Search
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The Lost Child of Philomena Lee

By Martin Sixsmith ,

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Be Good, Love Brian: Growing Up with Brian Clough
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Be Good, Love Brian

By Craig Bromfield ,

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Skinfolk: A Memoir
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Skinfolk

By Matthew Pratt Guterl ,

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That Mean Old Yesterday
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That Mean Old Yesterday

By Stacey Patton ,

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Banished Babies: The Secret Story of Ireland's Baby Export Business
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Banished Babies

By Mike Milotte ,

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Invisible Boy: A Memoir of Self-Discovery
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Invisible Boy

By Harrison Mooney ,

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With Our Blessing
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With Our Blessing

By Jo Spain ,

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No Biking in the House Without a Helmet: 9 Kids, 3 Continents, 2 Parents, 1 Family
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No Biking in the House Without a Helmet

By Melissa Fay Greene ,

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Emma's Laugh: The Gift of Second Chances
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Emma's Laugh

By Diana Kupershmit ,

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The Other Mother
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The Other Mother

By Carol Schaefer ,

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No Matter What: An Adoptive Family's Story of Hope, Love and Healing
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No Matter What

By Sally Donovan ,

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The Adoption Papers
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The Adoption Papers

By Jackie Kay ,

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Fastest woman on Earth: The story of Tatyana McFadden
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Fastest woman on Earth

By Francesca Cavallo , Luis San Vicente (illustrator) ,

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Motherhood So White: A Memoir of Race, Gender, and Parenting in America
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Motherhood So White

By Nefertiti Austin ,

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Bitterroot: A Salish Memoir of Transracial Adoption
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Bitterroot

By Susan Devan Harness ,

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Stranger Care: A Memoir of Loving What Isn't Ours
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Stranger Care

By Sarah Sentilles ,

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The Girls Who Went Away: The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades Before Roe v. Wade
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The Girls Who Went Away

By Ann Fessler ,

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Adoption Unfiltered: Revelations from Adoptees, Birth Parents, Adoptive Parents, and Allies
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Adoption Unfiltered

By Sara Easterly , Kelsey Vander Vliet Ranyard , Lori Holden

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Finding Margaret: Solving the mystery of my birth mother
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Finding Margaret

By Andrew Pierce ,

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Twice a Daughter
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Twice a Daughter

By Julie Ryan McGue ,

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Helpless: Are Riley and His Two Little Siblings in Danger?
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Helpless

By Cathy Glass ,

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The Open-Hearted Way to Open Adoption
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The Open-Hearted Way to Open Adoption

By Lori Holden , Crystal Hass ,

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Adoption Is a Lifelong Journey
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Adoption Is a Lifelong Journey

By Kelly DiBenedetto , Katie Gorczyca , Jennifer Eckert

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The Sixteenth Year
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The Sixteenth Year

By Leah Outten ,

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Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew
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Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew

By Sherrie Eldridge ,

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