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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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Sleeping giants : a novel / by Denfeld, Rene,author.;
"Twenty years ago, a nine-year-old boy was swept away by powerful waves on a remote Oregon beach, his body lost to the sea. Only a stone memorial remains to mark his tragic death. For most of her life, Amanda Dufresne had no idea she had an older brother named Dennis Owens, or that he had died. Adopted as a baby, she learned about him while looking into her late birth mother, and is curious to know more about this lost sibling. A solitary young woman, Amanda has always felt distanced from the world around her. Her brain works differently from others, leaving her feeling set apart. Her one true companion is the orphaned polar bear she cares for working at the zoo. By getting to know her birth family, she hopes to understand more about herself. Retired police officer Larry Palmer is a widower with nothing but time and in need of a purpose. He offers to help Amanda find answers. The search leads to shocking and heartbreaking discoveries. Dennis Owen had been a forgotten foster child abandoned to a home for disturbed boys off the coast. As Amanda and Larry dig deeper into the past, the two stumble upon decades of cruelty and hidden crimes--including a barbaric treatment still used today"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; Adoption; Brothers; Cruelty; Foster children; Secrecy; Siblings;
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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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The missing magic / by George, K.(Kallie),1983-; Boiger, Alexandra.;
Clover and the new volunteer at the Magical Animal Adoption Agency are left to care for the animals when Mr. Jams is called away on a secret mission.LSC
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Volunteers; Animals, Mythical; Pet adoption; Magic; Cooperativeness;
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Felipe and Claudette / by Teague, Mark.;
Long time residents of Mrs. Barrett's adoption shelter, Felipe (a grumpy cat) and Claudette (a hyperactive dog) seem like they will never find a forever home, and Felipe is convinced that it is all Claudette's fault--but when the dog is finally adopted, Felipe is so depressed that he hides on adoption day, and it turns out that Claudette also misses her friend.LSC
Subjects: Cats; Dogs; Friendship; Pet adoption; Animal shelters;
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Anne of Greenville / by Tamaki, Mariko.; Montgomery, L. M.(Lucy Maud),1874-1942.Anne of Green Gables.;
In this contemporary retelling of Anne of Green Gables, Anne Shirley, a queer, half-Japanese disco superfan, moves to a town that seems too small for her big personality and where she becomes embroiled in a series of dramatic and unfortunate events.Ages 14-18.Grades 10-12.LSC
Subjects: Lesbians; Racially mixed people; Adoption; City and town life; High schools; Schools; Bullying;
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A living remedy : a memoir / by Chung, Nicole,author.;
"From the bestselling author of ALL YOU CAN EVER KNOW comes a searing memoir of class, inequality, and grief--a daughter's search to understand the lives her adoptive parents led, the life she forged as an adult, and the lives she's lost. In this country, unless you attain extraordinary wealth, you will likely be unable to help your loved ones in all the ways you'd hoped. You will learn to live with the specific, hollow guilt of those who leave hardship behind, yet are unable to bring anyone else with them. When Nicole Chung graduated from high school, she couldn't hightail it out of her overwhelmingly white Oregon hometown fast enough. As a scholarship student at a private university on the East Coast, no longer the only Korean she knew, she found a sense of community she had always craved as an Asian American adoptee--and a path to the life she'd long wanted. But the middle class world she begins to raise a family in--where there are big homes, college funds, nice vacations--looks very different from the middle class world she thought she grew up in, where paychecks have to stretch to the end of the week, health insurance is often lacking, and there are no safety nets. When her father dies at only sixty-seven, killed by diabetes and kidney disease, Nicole feels deep grief as well as rage, knowing that years of financial instability and lack of access to healthcare contributed to his premature death. And then the unthinkable happens--less than a year later, her beloved mother is diagnosed with cancer, and the physical distance between them becomes insurmountable as COVID descends upon the world. Exploring the enduring strength of family bonds in the face of hardship and tragedy, A Living Remedy examines what it takes to reconcile the distance between one life, one home, and another--and sheds needed light on some of the most persistent and tragic inequalities in American society"--
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Chung, Nicole.; Adoptees; Adoptive parents; Equality; Grief; Income distribution; Interracial adoption;
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Eyes only / by Michaels, Fern.;
The Sisterhood decides to help a poor family that is fighting to keep their adopted children despite the rich birthmother's determination to get them back.
Subjects: Suspense fiction.; Detective and mystery stories.; Sisterhood (Imaginary organization); Vigilance committees; Female friendship; Billionaires; Vigilantes; Adoption; Poor;
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You only live once, David Bravo / by Oshiro, Mark.;
"After eleven-year-old David Bravo wishes for a do-over of a disastrous day of middle school, he and a shapeshifting spirit guide try to right a wrong in his past"-- Provided by publisher.Ages 8-12.Grades 4-6.LSC
Subjects: Mexican Americans; Middle schools; Schools; Adoption; Gays; Time travel;
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The book thief [videorecording] / by Allam, Roger.; Nélisse, Sophie.; Percival, Brian.; Rush, Geoffrey,1951-; Schnetzer, Ben.; Watson, Emily,1967-; Zusak, Markus.Book thief.Videorecording.; 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.;
Geoffrey Rush, Emily Watson, Sophie Nelisse, Roger Allam, Ben Schnetzer.The profoundly moving story of a girl who transforms the lives of those around her during World War II, Germany. Although Liesel is illiterate when she is adopted by a German couple, her adoptive father encourages her to learn to read. Ultimately, the power of words helps Liesel and Max, a Jew hiding in the family's home, escape from the events unfolding around them.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD, widescreen (2.40:1) presentation; Dolby digital 5.1 (English), Dolby digital 2.0 (Spanish, French).
Subjects: Adoptive parents; Books and reading; Feature films.; Historical films.; Illiterate persons; Jews; Reading; Storytelling; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; War films.; World War, 1939-1945;
© c2014., 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment,
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