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Oranges and Sunshine

By Margaret Humphreys

My Secret Sister: Jenny Lucas and Helen Edwards' family story

By Helen Edwards, Jenny Lee Smith

No Biking in the House Without a Helmet

By Melissa Fay Greene

The Throwaway Children

By Diney Costeloe

Joining New Families: A Study of Adoption and Fostering in Middle Childhood

By David Quinton, Alan Rushton, Cherilyn Dance, Deborah Mayes

Unwanted: The care system failed Lara. Will she fail her own child?

By Cathy Glass

Her Mother's Daughter: An absolutely gripping psychological thriller with a killer twist

By Jackie Walsh

A Life Lost: Jackson Is Haunted by a Secret from His Past

By Cathy Glass

Philomena (Movie Tie-In): A Mother, Her Son, and a Fifty-Year Search

By MARTIN SIXSMITH, Dame Judi Dench

Raceless: In Search of Family, Identity, and the Truth About Where I Belong

By Georgina Lawton

DAMAGED THE HEARTBREAK TRUE PB

By Cathy Glass

Adopting or Fostering a Sexually Abused Child

By Catherine MacAskill

Enhancing Adoptive Parenting - A Parenting Programme for New Adopters of Challenging Children

By Alan Rushton, Helen Upright

Therapeutic Parenting Essentials: Moving from Trauma to Trust

By Sarah Naish, Sarah Dillon, Jane Mitchell

My Family, A Symphony: A Memoir of Global Adoption

By Aaron Eske

Give a Cat a Home: True Tales of Courage and Survival

By Danielle, Anna

Abandoned: The true story of a little girl who didn’t belong

By Peters, Anya

Fostering Good Relationships: Partnership Work in Therapy with Looked After and Adopted Children

By Geoff Brown, Tracey Fuller, Fiona Peacock, Miriam Richardson, Tanya Smart

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

By Thomas, David

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

By Gerald Mallon (Associate Professor), Peg McCartt Hess

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

Daddy's Little Soldier: When home is a war zone, who can little Tom trust?

By Maggie Hartley

When My Ship Comes In: An emotional family saga for fans of Call the Midwife

By Sue Wilsher

Before I Was Yours: An emotional roller coaster about love and family

By Virginia Macgregor

The Mother's Bond: A heartbreaking page turner from one of the nation's best-loved celebrities

By Denise Welch

Behind Closed Doors: The true and heart-breaking story of little Nancy, who holds the secret to a terrible crime

By Maggie Hartley

The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers: The instant Sunday Times bestseller that everyone's talking about!

By Samuel Burr

And Hannah Wept: Infertility, Adoption and the Jewish Couple

By Michael Gold

Damage Control: A Memoir of Outlandish Privilege, Loss and Redemption

By Sergei Boissier