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Recent Adoption Blog | May 2009 Posts

Book Review: Motherbridge of Love

by Pam Connell

31 May 2009 03:17 PM

Motherbridge of Love has definitely earned a place in my Adoption Books with Great Art series. (Anyone would enjoy the gorgeous artwork-in fact, this book was number 3 on Time Magazine's "10 Best Children's Books of 2007" list.

Book Review: The Heart Knows Something Different

by Pam Connell

29 May 2009 01:37 PM

The Heart Knows Something Different is an anthology of writings by teenagers in foster care. These articles were originally published in a bimonthly magazine called Foster Care Youth United.

Book Review: Adoption--Social Issues Firsthand Series

by Pam Connell

27 May 2009 11:02 PM

The series Social Issues Firsthand is published by Greenhaven Press, the publishers of the Opposing Viewpoints series (see my review of Opposing Viewpoints: Adoption).

Book Review: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Adoption

by Pam Connell

23 May 2009 11:16 PM

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Adoption is an overview of all types of adoption. Thus it is necessarily light on any one type.

Book Review : For the Love of a Child: The Journey of Adoption

by Pam Connell

15 May 2009 02:52 PM

This book is called For the Love of a Child: The Journey of Adoption (not to be confused with another book called For Love of a Child: Stories of Adoption).

Book Review: A Man and his Mother

by Pam Connell

10 May 2009 08:05 AM

A Man and His Mother: An Adopted Son's Search is written by Tim Green. Football fans may recognize that name-Green has played with the Atlanta Falcons and Syracuse University, and been a commentator for Fox Sports News. Green is also a published author, and this memoir is very personal.

Court is Adjourned--for Now--in Madonna's Adoption Appeal

by Pam Connell

09 May 2009 01:29 PM

Madonna's efforts to adopt Malawian child Chifundo (Mercy) James are at a pause. The court heard arguments in her appeal this past Monday but did not immediately set a date for the second hearing, at which a decision is expected to be made.

We All Have Many Mothers

by Pam Connell

06 May 2009 09:05 AM

I've just spent a wonderful two days with eight other women from our church moms' group. Usually when we are together, we talk about our kids. But this time, under the gentle guidance of a deeply spiritual woman (not coincidentally, a mother and grandmother), we talked about our mothers.



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ttstevens says...

"We met my son's halmoni (Korean grandmother) this past April on a trip to Korea."

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