Acres of Hope: The Miraculous Story of One Family’s Gift of Love to Children Without Hope
Patty Anglin
This inspiring memoir by a mother who has adopted eight special-needs children calls readers to regard every child as precious in God’s sight. Anglin and her husband, Harold, made a commitment, while fostering 50-odd children through the years, to adopt “the ones no one else wanted.”
Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew
Sherrie Eldridge
The voices of adopted children are poignant, questioning. And they tell a familiar story of loss, fear, and hope. This extraordinary book, written by a woman who was adopted herself, gives voice to children’s unspoken concerns, and shows adoptive parents how to free their kids from feelings of fear, abandonment, and shame.
The Family Nobody Wanted
Helen Grigsby Doss
This long-awaited new edition of Helen Doss’s beloved memoir, originally published in 1954, is the remarkable and inspiring true story of a couple who adopted twelve children, ten of them considered "unadoptable" because of mixed racial parentage.
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