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The Boy Between: An expertly crafted, suspenseful story of family secrets and one fateful summer

By Susan Stairs

Adoption Support Services for Families in Difficulty: A Literature Review and UK Survey

By Alan Rushton, Cherilyn Dance

More Than Just a Coincidence (My Story)

By Julie Wassmer

Skin Deep: All she wanted was a mummy, but was she too ugly to be loved?

By Casey Watson

How I Met My Son: A Journey Through Adoption

By Rosalind Powell

I Just Wanted to be Loved: A Boy Eager to Please. The Man Who Destroyed His Childhood. The Love That Overcame it.

By Howarth, Stuart

Tell Me Why, Mummy: A Little Boy’s Struggle to Survive. A Mother’s Shameful Secret. The Power to Forgive.

By Thomas, David

Careless: Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2022

By Kirsty Capes

Will You Help Me?: Ralph's true story of abuse, secrets and lies

By Maggie Hartley

The Simple Guide to Child Trauma: What It Is and How to Help

By Betsy de Thierry, Emma Reeves, David Shemmings

The Simple Guide to Understanding Shame in Children: What It Is, What Helps and How to Prevent Further Stress or Trauma

By Betsy de Thierry, Emma Reeves

Parenting a Child with Autism Spectrum Disorder

By Paul Carter

Dealing with Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: A guide for social workers

By Mary Mather

Adoption, Family and the Paradox of Origins: A Foucauldian History

By S. Sales

Social Work with Children and Families

By Martin Brett Davies

Understanding Child and Family Welfare: Statutory Responses to Children at Risk

By Marie Connolly, Kate Morris

On Chapel Sands: My mother and other missing persons

By Laura Cumming

The Girl Below Stairs: The third emotionally gripping saga in the beloved Families of Fairley Terrace series

By Jennie Felton

Pagan and Her Parents

By Michael Arditti

The Perfect Gift

By Emma Hannigan

Surviving and Thriving in Care and Beyond: Personal and Professional Perspectives

By Sara Barratt, Wendy Lobatto

Adversity, Adoption and Afterwards

By Julia Feast, Alan Rushton, John Simmonds

The Girl Without a Voice: The true story of a terrified child whose silence spoke volumes

By Casey Watson

Before and After: the heartbreaking true stories of a notorious adoption scandal

By Lisa Wingate, Judy Christie

This Wound Full of Fish

By Lorena Salazar Masso

Therapeutic Parenting Essentials: Moving from Trauma to Trust

By Sarah Naish, Sarah Dillon, Jane Mitchell

Mummy Knew: A terrifying step-father. A mother who refused to listen. A little girl desperate to escape.

By Lisa James

The Language of Flowers

By Diffenbaugh, Vanessa

Child Welfare for the Twenty-first Century: A Handbook of Practices, Policies, and Programs

By Gerald Mallon (Associate Professor), Peg McCartt Hess

And Hannah Wept: Infertility, Adoption and the Jewish Couple

By Michael Gold