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Probably Ruby / by Bird-Wilson, Lisa,author.;

"Relinquished as an infant, Ruby is placed in a foster home and adopted by Alice and Mel, a less-than-desirable couple who can't afford to complain too loudly about Ruby's Indigenous roots. But when her new parents' marriage falls apart, Ruby begins to search, in the unlikeliest of places, for her Indigenous identity. Unabashedly self-destructing on alcohol, drugs and bad relationships, Ruby grapples with the meaning of the legacy left to her. Seeking understanding of how we come to know who we are, Probably Ruby explores how we find and invent ourselves in ways as peculiar and varied as the experiences of Indigenous adoptees themselves."--

Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Indigenous women; Adopted children; Identity (Psychology); Self-destructive behavior;

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Stranger care : a memoir of loving what isn't ours / by Sentilles, Sarah,author.;

Includes bibliographical references."May you always feel at home. After their decision not to have a biological child, Sarah Sentilles and her husband, Eric, decided to adopt via the foster care system. Knowing that the goal is reunification with the birth family, Sarah opens their home to a flurry of social workers who question, evaluate, and ultimately prepare them to welcome a child into their family--even if it most likely means giving them up. After years of starts and stops, a phone call finally comes: a three-day old baby girl, in immediate need of a foster family. Sarah and Eric bring this newborn stranger home. "You were never ours," Sarah writes, "yet we belong to each other." A fierce story about love and belonging, Stranger Care shares Sarah's discovery of what it means to take care of the Other--in this case, not just a vulnerable infant, but the birth mother who loves her too. With her trademark "fearless, stirring, rhythmic" (Nick Flynn) prose, the acclaimed author of Draw Your Weapons brings her creative energies to an intimate story, with universal concerns: What does it mean to mother? How can we care for and protect each other? How do we ensure a better future for life on this planet? And if we're all related--tree, bird, star, person--how might we better live?"--

Subjects: Autobiographies.; Sentilles, Sarah.; Sentilles, Sarah; Adoptive parents; Adopted children;

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Brightburn [videorecording] / by Yarovesky, David,film director.; Alan-Williams, Gregory,actor.; Hagner, Meredith,1987-actor.; Banks, Elizabeth,1974-actor.; Denman, David,1973-actor.; Dunn, Jackson A.,actor.; Jones, Matt,1981-actor.; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;

Elizabeth Banks, David Denman, Jackson A. Dunn, Matt Jones, Meredith Hagner, Gregory Alan Williams.Troubled adolescent Brandon Breyer (Jackson A. Dunn) was finally tipped to the truth that his farmer parents (Elizabeth Banks, David Denman) withheld from him--that he possessed strange and superhuman abilities because he was a foundling from another world. Unfortunately, this young sociopath is less about truth, justice, and the American way than violently bending mankind to his will.Canadian Home Video Rating: 18A.MPAA rating: R; for horror violence/bloody images, and language.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital 5.1 DVS.

Subjects: Horror films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Adopted children; Antiheroes; Human-alien encounters; Extraterrestrial beings; Good and evil;

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Lion [videorecording] / by motion picture adaptation of (work):Brierley, Saroo.Long way home.; Davis, Garth(Director),film director.; Sherman, Emile,film producer.; Canning, Iain,film producer.; Fielder, Angie,film producer.; Davies, Luke,screenwriter.; Kidman, Nicole,1967-actor.; Mara, Rooney,actor.; Patel, Dev,1990-actor.; Wenham, David,1965-actor.; Weinstein Company,presenter.; Screen Australia,production company.; See-Saw Films,production company.; Aquarius Films Limited,production company.; Entertainment One (Firm : Canada),publisher.;

Music, Dustin O'Halloran and Hauschka ; editor, Alexandre de Franceschi ; director of photography, Greig Fraser.Rooney Mara, Nicole Kidman, Dev Patel, David Wenham, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Sunny Pawar, Eamon Farren.At only five years old, Saroo Brierley got lost on a train in India. Unable to read or write or recall the name of his hometown or even his own last name, he survived alone for weeks on the rough streets of Calcutta before ultimately being transferred to an agency and adopted by a couple in Australia.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.

Subjects: Feature films.; Biographical films.; Brierley, Saroo.; Brierley, Saroo; Adopted children; Adoptive parents; Missing children; Orphanages;

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Secret sister : from nazi-occupied Jersey to wartime London, one woman's search for the truth / by Durbin, Cherry.; Paul, Gill,1960-;

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Subjects: Durbin, Cherry.; Long lost family (Television program); Adopted children;

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The perfect daughter / by Palmer, Daniel,1962-author.;

"The Perfect Daughter is a thriller that explores the truth or lies behind a teenage girl's multiple personality disorder, from D.J. Palmer, the author of The New Husband. Grace never dreamt she'd visit her teenaged daughter Penny in the locked ward of a decaying state psychiatric hospital, charged with a shocking and brutal murder. There was not much question of her daughter's guilt. Police had her fingerprints on the murder weapon and the victim's blood on her body and clothes. But they didn't have a motive. Grace blames herself, because that's what mothers do-they look at their choices and wonder, what if? But hindsight offers little more than the chance for regret. None of this was conceivable the day Penny came into her life. Then, it seemed like a miracle. Penny was found abandoned, with a mysterious past, and it felt like fate brought Penny to her, and her husband Arthur. But as she grew, Penny's actions grew more disturbing, and different "personalities" emerged. Arthur and Grace took Penny to different psychiatrists, until one diagnosed a severe multiple personality disorder. As Penny awaits trial in a state mental hospital, she is treated by Dr. Mitchell McHugh, a psychiatrist battling demons of his own. Grace's determination to understand the why behind her daughter's terrible crime fuels Mitch's resolve to help the Francone family. Together, they set out in search of the truth about Penny, but discover instead a shocking hidden history of secrets, lies, and betrayals that put all their lives in grave danger"--

Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Mother and child; Adopted children; Psychiatrists; Murder; Multiple personality; Secrecy;

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I'm glad my mother is alive. In French with English subtitles [1 DVD - 90 min.] / by Rottiers, Vincent.; Cattani, Sophie.; Citti, Christine.;

Director, Claude Miller, Nathan Miller.Sophie Cattani, Christine Citti, Vincent Rottiers.Thomas is a troubled teenager who was given up for adoption as a toddler and is now obsessed with finding his birth mother. After searching for years, Thomas finally finds his mother single, with a young child, and living in a nearby suburb. Thomas starts a relationship with her which is part courtship and part obsessive and eventually drives him to an act of madness.Not rated in Canada.MWT rating: NR.DVD ; Dolby Digital.1

Subjects: Foreign films; Dramatic films.; Adopted children; Mothers and sons; Family relationships; Teenagers; Traumatic psychosis;

© c2012., Strand Releasing,

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A little ray of sunshine / by Higgins, Kristan,author.;

"A kid walks into your bookstore and says to you, 'Guess what? I'm your son.' The one you put up for adoption eightteen years ago. The one you never told anyone about. Surprise! His name is Matthew Walker, and he's come to spend the summer on the Cape with his parents. Why? Well, he wants to meet you before he heads off to college in the fall. Tiny detail: he didn't tell his adoptive parents about his plan. And while you hoped this day would come someday, you're so stunned, you actually faint. You're overjoyed (and stunned) and worried (and stunned) and you've yearned to meet him, but you didn't know it would be like this. Did you mention feeling stunned?"--

Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Adopted children; Birthmothers; Bookstores; Family secrets; Mothers and sons;

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Modern family. [videorecording] / by Bagdonas, James,television director.; Lloyd, Christopher,1938-creator.; Levitan, Steven,creator.; O'Neill, Ed,1946-actor.; Vergara, Sofi̓a,1972-actor.; Bowen, Julie,actor.; Burrell, Ty,1967-actor.; Twentieth Century-Fox Television, Inc.,production company.; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.,distributor.;

Ed O'Neill, Sofi̓a Vergara, Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell, Jesse Tyler Ferguson.Wedding bells are ringing in Season Five of Modern Family, the hilariously heartfelt winner of four consecutive Emmy Awards for Outstanding Comedy Series. As Cam and Mitch bicker over plans for their big day, the rest of the family has its hands full adapting to new jobs, new schools, and a new male nanny. There are babysitting disasters, an anniversary to celebrate, misguided male bonding, and everything from high-stakes poker to high-maintenance in-laws. Join the Pritchett-Dunphy clan for the wedding of the year, and share the honesty, love and laughter with Americas favorite family.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.

Subjects: Television comedies.; Television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Stepfamilies; Adopted children; Gay parents; Families;

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Beautiful scars : Steeltown secrets, Mohawk skywalkers and the road home / by Wilson, Tom,1959-author.;

""Bunny told me there were secrets about me that she would take to the grave, secrets that no one would ever hear, including me ... ". Tom Wilson always felt something wasn't quite right. His parents, Bunny and George, were much older than other kids' parents. There were no baby photos of him in the house. At school, classmates called him Indian, despite his parents' Irish-Quebecois background. And as he got older, friends, lovers and even family members remarked on his uncanny resemblance to Bunny's closest relative, her niece Janie Lazare, whose father was a Mohawk from Kahnawake, Quebec. Tom wouldn't learn the truth about his identity until he was fifty-three, when a tour handler whose mother had known Tom's now deceased parents let it slip that he was adopted. It would be another two years until he worked up the courage to confront Janie with what the handler had told him, what all his life he had suspected. Janie--the woman whom Tom called cousin, whom he'd known his whole life, who had lived with Tom and Bunny after George died--immediately broke into tears and confessed. She was his biological mother. In this incredible story about family and identity, carefully guarded secrets and profound acts of forgiveness, Tom Wilson writes about growing up as an outsider in two families--the family he lost, and the family who took him in. His story takes us from working-class Hamilton of the 1960s and '70s, neighbourhoods peopled by fall-guy wrestlers, broke mobsters and WWII vets, to today, as he continues his journey to connect with the man he now knows to be his father and with his Mohawk heritage and relatives, discovering Kahnawake chiefs, Brooklyn "skywalkers" and nomadic Arnold Palmer groupies among them. With a rare gift for storytelling and a remarkable story to tell, Tom Wilson writes with unflinching honesty and extraordinary compassion about his search for identity and for the truth about his family. Moving, captivating and at times hysterically funny, Beautiful Scars is a story about the families who raise us, and the families who course through our veins."---

Subjects: Biographies.; Wilson, Tom, 1959-; Wilson, Tom, 1959-; Birthparents; Adopted children; Mohawk Indians;

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