Including More Than 450 Adoptee-Recommended Titles!

Category: 2003

  • Fitting Ends

    Fitting Ends

    by Dan Chaon

    Fitting Ends is the first collection of fiction by the acclaimed author of the National Book Award finalist Among the Missing and now appears in this newly revised edition with two never before collected stories. Written before Among the Missing and originally published by Northwestern University…

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  • Coming Home to Self: The Adopted Child Grows Up

    Coming Home to Self: The Adopted Child Grows Up

    by Nancy Newton Verrier

    Although written with adult adoptees in mind, Coming Home to Self is a book that can help anyone who has had early childhood trauma or who feels as if he or she is living an unauthentic life. From understanding basic trauma and the neurological consequences of…

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  • The Language of Blood

    The Language of Blood

    by Jane Jeong Trenka

    With inventive and radiant prose that includes real and imagined letters, a fairy tale, a one-act play, crossword puzzles, and child-welfare manuals, Trenka recounts a childhood of insecurity, a battle with a stalker that escalates to a plot for her murder, and an extraordinary trip…

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