The Lucky Ones

Ann Rauhala

The lucky ones: It’s a phrase most families touched by adoption will recognize. My husband and I heard... read full review

China Ghosts

Jeff Gammage

A couple travels to a distant land to adopt a small child. They are filled with hope, anxiety,... read full review

Growing Girls

Jeanne Maries Laskas

Reading adoptive mom Jeanne Marie Laskas’ latest family memoir, Growing Girls: The Mother of All Adventures, is like... read full review

Identical Strangers: A Memoir of Twins Separated and Reunited

Berstein, Paula, and Elyse Schien

In the spring of 2004, just as Paula Bernstein, a married 35-year-old mother of one, shlepped her daughter... read full review

Lucky Girl

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Mei-Ling Hopgood was seven months old when she left Taiwan to start her new life.... read full review

Once They Hear My Name

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The voices that speak throughout Once They Hear My Name: Korean Adoptees and Their Journeys... read full review

One Big Happy Family

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This is not an adoption book, nor is it specific to parenting. That said, it... read full review

Secret Thoughts of an Adoptive Mother

Jana Wolff

When I was a little girl, I used to give birth to my doll Kate several times a... read full review

The Kid: An Adoption Story by Dan Savage

Dan Savage

The Kid by Dan Savage is a memoir of adoption narrated by a white, gay, urban man in his... read full review

The Language of Blood

Jane Jeong Trenka

Ever wonder what’s going on in your 8-year-old’s mind? How about your monosyllabic teen? How can adoptive parents... read full review

The Mistress’s Daughter: A Memoir

A.M. Homes

In The Mistress’s Daughter, there are two photographs: one of A.M. Homes, the author, at about four years... read full review

The Russian Word for Snow: A True Story of Adoption

Janis Cooke Newman

Anyone who has lived through infertility will feel at home in the opening chapters of Janis Cooke Newman's... read full review

The Shiniest Jewel: A Family Love Story

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As an avid reader of adoption memoirs, I admit that I was a bit skeptical... read full review

The Women Who Raised Me

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Most reports that chronicle life in U.S. foster care--whether the latest sensational news headline or... read full review

Welcome Home!

Lita Linzer Schwartz & Florence W. Kaslow

Together, two new anthologies offer a complex, realistic account of adoption. Born in Our Hearts takes the warm,... read full review

What I Thought I Knew

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At the start of her memoir, What I Thought I Knew ($25; Viking), Alice Eve... read full review