Alternative Family

This new book from life work expert Joy Rees explains the value of effective and meaningful life work with children who are fostered and adopted, and how best to carry this out.This book will help social work professionals, foster carers and adopters to...

'Pia Bramley captures this bizarre love and confusion perfectly' - Cariad Lloyd'A beautiful, bittersweet keepsake for anyone who's navigated the journey to parenthood during this exceptional time' - Leah Hazard'Tender and moving' - Katherine May'This is...

When we first meet him, Michael Oher is one of thirteen children by a mother addicted to crack; he does not know his real name, his father, his birthday, or how to read or write. He takes up football, and school, after a rich, white, Evangelical family...

A fresh and practical guide to successfully managing children's behaviour - from babies to young adults. Cathy Glass has been a foster carer for 30 years, during this time fostering more than 150 children, as well as bringing up three of own...

In You'll Be a Wonderful Parent, Jasper Peach provides a practical and emotional guide for LGBTIQA+ families around the arrival of a new baby. Becoming a parent is already a challenging time, even more so if you don't see yourself reflected in mainstream...

Discover the emotional, heart-wrenching book club pick from the top 50 bestselling author of A Single Act of Kindness, Samantha Tonge.One forgotten discovery will change three women's lives for ever...Robin hasn't been home for decades. After running...

An insight into new ways of becoming a parent by a world-leading expert. Families come in all shapes and sizes: from the nuclear two-parent two-child unit to gay families, trans families, single parents, and babies conceived using donor eggs, sperm, or...

'A treatise on empathy and grace in extraordinary circumstances' Jojo MoyesWhat does it mean to be a woman? To live in a woman's body?Alexandra Heminsley thought she knew, but then her world turned inside out. Having just resurfaced from fertility...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250890924Author Andy CohenFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Henry Holt & Company IncPublisher Henry Holt & Company IncWeight(grams) 460gDimensions(mm)...

Spanning the years from 1935 to 2010, Are We Home Yet? is the moving and funny story of a girl and her mother. As a girl, Katy accidentally discovers her mother is earning money as a sex worker at the family home, rupturing their bond. As an adult, Katy...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781926512532Author Mimi BarbourFormat PaperbackPage Count 358Imprint Canadian GovernmentPublisher Canadian GovernmentWeight(grams) 390gDimensions(mm) 203mm...

Creating a Life Together is the only resource available that provides step-by-step practical information distilled from numerous firsthand sources on how to establish an intentional community. It deals in depth with structural, interpersonal and...

Sometimes the family you choose is the place you belongWhen Marc and Jim move to the small village of Cloverley Green, they are excited about their new start. Happily married, they make up a cosy little family with Vanessa, Marc's spirited 18-year-old...

If You are Thinking of Becoming a Gay Dad, or if You are Already a Gay Dad This Book is for You!Are you ready to have kids? More and more gay men are turning to adoption and surrogacy to start their own families. An estimated two million American LBGTQ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910222287Format PaperbackPage Count 35Imprint Donor Conception NetworkPublisher Donor Conception Network

Combining cutting-edge neuroscience with attachment theory, this book shows how adoptive parents can help their traumatised child develop. It looks at the many different factors that can manifest in trauma, and how parents should respond to them.About...

'I laughed. I cried. I laughed again' Sinead Moriarty'An enthralling read with . . . so many laughs along the way' Liz Nugent'A funny, poignant and moving read' My WeeklyFrom bestselling Irish writer Anna McPartlin, Waiting for the Miracle is an...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781645030348Author Kristen MartinFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint Bold Type BooksPublisher Bold Type BooksWeight(grams) 544gDimensions(mm) 236mm * 157mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781944934989Author Jessica FernFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Thorntree Press, LLCPublisher Thorntree Press, LLCWeight(grams) 336gDimensions(mm)...

This powerful, moving story-which has already touched more than seven million through a viral video created by the Whittington family-is a mother's first-hand account of her emotional choice to embrace her transgender child. When Hillary and Jeff...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781480877597Author Marna GatlinFormat PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint Archway PublishingPublisher Archway PublishingWeight(grams) 440gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9786072934702Author Carmen Martinez JoverFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Carmen Martinez JoverPublisher Carmen Martinez JoverWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for Ottawa Book Award for Non-Fiction 2020. Long-listed for Canada Reads 2020.Book InformationISBN 9780735235175Author Roawn Jette KnoxFormat PaperbackPage...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788395823428Author Luis LukesunFormat HardbackPage Count 122Imprint Luis LukesunPublisher Luis LukesunWeight(grams) 445gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 216mm * 8mm

Still recovering from the heartbreak of infertility, memoirist Gail McCormick and her husband volunteer to host two Children of Chernobyl for a summer reprieve from radiation exposure. Fate pairs the Seattle couple with eight-year-old Ukrainian twin...

'My favourite way to learn is when a funny, clever, honest person is teaching me - that's why I love Rosie Wilby.' Sara PascoeIn early 2013, comedian Rosie Wilby found herself at a crossroads with everything she'd ever believed about romantic...

The young man at the center of this extraordinary and moving story will one day be among the most highly paid athletes in the National Football League. When we first meet him, he is one of thirteen children by a mother addicted to crack; he does not know...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062792419Author Nora McInernyFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 209gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781610981903Author Paul RulofFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint The Nazca Plains CorporationPublisher The Nazca Plains CorporationWeight(grams)...

Too often, the neurodivergent community is marginalized, de-sexualized or patronized. Neurodivergent people are often not seen as part of the romantic or sexual landscape, let alone as people who can have multiple partners. However, the fact that...

A TELEGRAPH THRILLER OF THE YEAR 'A wild ride' Ian Rankin'Tough and uncompromising: you'll be glad you read it' Lee Child'Hilarious, gripping, poetic. I loved it' Adrian McKinty, author of The Chain 'Gripping from beginning to end'...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781946665546Author B J WoodsteinFormat PaperbackPage Count 266Imprint Praeclarus PressPublisher Praeclarus PressWeight(grams) 358gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for Books for a Better Life (Psychology) 2004.Book InformationISBN 9780452287167Author Robert E. EmeryFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint PlumePublisher...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780473337988Author Lisa TaylorFormat PaperbackPage Count 228Imprint Oil of Joy PressPublisher Oil of Joy Press

Reveals the candid thoughts and feelings of those most directly involved in adoptions: the adoptee, the adopters, and the birth parents.Adoption Unfiltered authors Sara Easterly (adoptee), Kelsey Vander Vliet Ranyard (birth parent), and Lori Holden...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781897178836Author Susan GoldbergFormat PaperbackPage Count 235Imprint Insomniac PressPublisher Insomniac PressWeight(grams) 284g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781916438125Author Marcus KnapmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 68Imprint 978-1-9164381-2-5Publisher 978-1-9164381-2-5Weight(grams) 104gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781627782562Author Frank LoweFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint Cleis PressPublisher Cleis Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781480877603Author Marna GatlinFormat HardbackPage Count 300Imprint Archway PublishingPublisher Archway PublishingWeight(grams) 594gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

This is the story of a long-lasting relationship, surviving against the odds. It is the story of Wenn and Beatrice Lawson, born almost twelve years apart in different countries with different cultures, who were both assigned female at birth. After...