Author: Sherrie Eldridge
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN: 1784500216
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 35
Book Description
Meet Lucie - she is a rambunctious, inquisitive, seven-year-old girl who was adopted! Lucie has lots of questions about everything. When Lucie's pregnant Aunt Grace and Uncle John come to visit, new curiosities bubble into Lucie's mind. What does the baby do in there? Does he eat? That night Lucie has an amazing dream, that her birth parents are a king and queen who live in a castle. She knows she grew in her birth mother's tummy, but if her birth parents lived in a castle, why didn't they keep her? The next day, Dad helps her to make an amazing discovery - he tells her how to find a special connection with her birth parents, and how you can too! Forever Fingerprints is a heartwarming, fun story written for children aged 5-11 which uses an everyday experience to embark upon a gentle exploration of some of the difficult questions and feelings commonly expressed by children who are adopted. Adoption expert Sherrie Eldridge also provides a valuable 'Parent Tools and Activities' section, with ideas for creative activities and suggestions on how to explore issues such as belonging, identity, self-esteem and connection.
Forever Fingerprints
Author: Sherrie Eldridge
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN: 1784500216
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 35
Book Description
Meet Lucie - she is a rambunctious, inquisitive, seven-year-old girl who was adopted! Lucie has lots of questions about everything. When Lucie's pregnant Aunt Grace and Uncle John come to visit, new curiosities bubble into Lucie's mind. What does the baby do in there? Does he eat? That night Lucie has an amazing dream, that her birth parents are a king and queen who live in a castle. She knows she grew in her birth mother's tummy, but if her birth parents lived in a castle, why didn't they keep her? The next day, Dad helps her to make an amazing discovery - he tells her how to find a special connection with her birth parents, and how you can too! Forever Fingerprints is a heartwarming, fun story written for children aged 5-11 which uses an everyday experience to embark upon a gentle exploration of some of the difficult questions and feelings commonly expressed by children who are adopted. Adoption expert Sherrie Eldridge also provides a valuable 'Parent Tools and Activities' section, with ideas for creative activities and suggestions on how to explore issues such as belonging, identity, self-esteem and connection.
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN: 1784500216
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 35
Book Description
Meet Lucie - she is a rambunctious, inquisitive, seven-year-old girl who was adopted! Lucie has lots of questions about everything. When Lucie's pregnant Aunt Grace and Uncle John come to visit, new curiosities bubble into Lucie's mind. What does the baby do in there? Does he eat? That night Lucie has an amazing dream, that her birth parents are a king and queen who live in a castle. She knows she grew in her birth mother's tummy, but if her birth parents lived in a castle, why didn't they keep her? The next day, Dad helps her to make an amazing discovery - he tells her how to find a special connection with her birth parents, and how you can too! Forever Fingerprints is a heartwarming, fun story written for children aged 5-11 which uses an everyday experience to embark upon a gentle exploration of some of the difficult questions and feelings commonly expressed by children who are adopted. Adoption expert Sherrie Eldridge also provides a valuable 'Parent Tools and Activities' section, with ideas for creative activities and suggestions on how to explore issues such as belonging, identity, self-esteem and connection.
The Forever Witness
Author: Edward Humes
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1524746274
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
“Thought-provoking true-crime thriller…the book raises urgent questions of balancing public and private good that we’ll likely be dealing with as long as the title implies.”—Wall Street Journal A relentless detective and a civilian genealogist solve a haunting cold case—and launch a crime-fighting revolution that tests the fragile line between justice and privacy. In November 1987, a young couple from the idyllic suburbs of Vancouver Island on an overnight trip to Seattle vanished without a trace. A week later, the bodies of Tanya Van Cuylenborg and her boyfriend Jay Cook were found in rural Washington. It was a brutal crime, and it was the perfect crime: With few clues and no witnesses in the vast and foreboding Olympic Peninsula, an international manhunt turned up empty, and the sensational case that shocked the Pacific Northwest gradually slipped from the headlines. In deep-freeze, long-term storage, biological evidence from the crime sat waiting, as Detective Jim Scharf poured over old case files looking for clues his predecessors missed. Meanwhile, 1,200 miles away in California, CeCe Moore began her lifelong fascination with genetic genealogy, a powerful forensic tool that emerged not from the crime lab, but through the wildly popular home DNA ancestry tests purchased by more than 40 million Americans. When Scharf decided to send the cold case’s decades-old DNA to Parabon NanoLabs, he hoped he would finally bring closure to the Van Cuylenborg and Cook families. He didn’t know that he and Moore would make history. Genetic genealogy, long the province of family tree hobbyists and adoptees seeking their birth families, has made headlines as a cold case solution machine, capable of exposing the darkest secrets of seemingly upstanding citizens. In the hands of a tenacious detective like Scharf, genetic genealogy has solved one baffling killing after another. But as this crime-fighting technique spreads, its sheer power has sparked a national debate: Can we use DNA to catch the murderers among us, yet still protect our last shred of privacy in the digital age—the right to the very blueprint of who we are?
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1524746274
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
“Thought-provoking true-crime thriller…the book raises urgent questions of balancing public and private good that we’ll likely be dealing with as long as the title implies.”—Wall Street Journal A relentless detective and a civilian genealogist solve a haunting cold case—and launch a crime-fighting revolution that tests the fragile line between justice and privacy. In November 1987, a young couple from the idyllic suburbs of Vancouver Island on an overnight trip to Seattle vanished without a trace. A week later, the bodies of Tanya Van Cuylenborg and her boyfriend Jay Cook were found in rural Washington. It was a brutal crime, and it was the perfect crime: With few clues and no witnesses in the vast and foreboding Olympic Peninsula, an international manhunt turned up empty, and the sensational case that shocked the Pacific Northwest gradually slipped from the headlines. In deep-freeze, long-term storage, biological evidence from the crime sat waiting, as Detective Jim Scharf poured over old case files looking for clues his predecessors missed. Meanwhile, 1,200 miles away in California, CeCe Moore began her lifelong fascination with genetic genealogy, a powerful forensic tool that emerged not from the crime lab, but through the wildly popular home DNA ancestry tests purchased by more than 40 million Americans. When Scharf decided to send the cold case’s decades-old DNA to Parabon NanoLabs, he hoped he would finally bring closure to the Van Cuylenborg and Cook families. He didn’t know that he and Moore would make history. Genetic genealogy, long the province of family tree hobbyists and adoptees seeking their birth families, has made headlines as a cold case solution machine, capable of exposing the darkest secrets of seemingly upstanding citizens. In the hands of a tenacious detective like Scharf, genetic genealogy has solved one baffling killing after another. But as this crime-fighting technique spreads, its sheer power has sparked a national debate: Can we use DNA to catch the murderers among us, yet still protect our last shred of privacy in the digital age—the right to the very blueprint of who we are?
Friends Forever
Author: Sue Stewart Ade
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1680463373
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Quincy Matthews witnesses her best friend's murder. To protect her friend's child, she kidnaps the four-year-old girl and flees to Hickory Hills, a small Southern Illinois town. A romance sparks between Quincy and Ace Edleston. Ace suspects Quincy has a secret and confronts her. Telling Ace about the kidnapping will make him an accessory. Not telling him will make him walk away.How will Quincy solve this moral dilemma?
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1680463373
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Quincy Matthews witnesses her best friend's murder. To protect her friend's child, she kidnaps the four-year-old girl and flees to Hickory Hills, a small Southern Illinois town. A romance sparks between Quincy and Ace Edleston. Ace suspects Quincy has a secret and confronts her. Telling Ace about the kidnapping will make him an accessory. Not telling him will make him walk away.How will Quincy solve this moral dilemma?
Forever Connected
Author: Kathleen Brooks
Publisher: Laurens Publishing
ISBN: 1943805598
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
Years ago, on the darkest night of Poppy and Zinnia’s lives, they got a letter. It was from three elderly sisters in the small town of Keeneston, inviting them to visit and if interested, take a job. The Rose Sisters had wanted to retire, but they’d wanted family to take over their small café. Poppy and Zinnia Meadows, orphaned, alone, and in danger, left in the dead of night and raced toward the hope of a future they knew may come crashing down at any moment. That moment is now. Talon Bainbridge and Lucas Sharpe are teammates in the FBI’s Hostage Rescue Team based near Keeneston. The two friends have both fallen hard for the Meadows sisters, but suddenly the girls end what never had the chance to begin. Something was going on, but neither Poppy nor Zinnia would tell them what it was when all they wanted to do was to help the women they loved from afar. Poppy had been hiding a secret from her older sister and everyone in Keeneston. Someone knew what happed that graduation night back in Alabama when their lives changed forever. They’d been taunting Poppy for almost a year. As they approached the anniversary of the night their lives changed, the threats had escalated. With no other option, Poppy comes clean to Zinnia. They turn to Talon and Lucas, the two men they trust most, to protect them from the past knowing they may have to sacrifice their future to do so.
Publisher: Laurens Publishing
ISBN: 1943805598
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
Years ago, on the darkest night of Poppy and Zinnia’s lives, they got a letter. It was from three elderly sisters in the small town of Keeneston, inviting them to visit and if interested, take a job. The Rose Sisters had wanted to retire, but they’d wanted family to take over their small café. Poppy and Zinnia Meadows, orphaned, alone, and in danger, left in the dead of night and raced toward the hope of a future they knew may come crashing down at any moment. That moment is now. Talon Bainbridge and Lucas Sharpe are teammates in the FBI’s Hostage Rescue Team based near Keeneston. The two friends have both fallen hard for the Meadows sisters, but suddenly the girls end what never had the chance to begin. Something was going on, but neither Poppy nor Zinnia would tell them what it was when all they wanted to do was to help the women they loved from afar. Poppy had been hiding a secret from her older sister and everyone in Keeneston. Someone knew what happed that graduation night back in Alabama when their lives changed forever. They’d been taunting Poppy for almost a year. As they approached the anniversary of the night their lives changed, the threats had escalated. With no other option, Poppy comes clean to Zinnia. They turn to Talon and Lucas, the two men they trust most, to protect them from the past knowing they may have to sacrifice their future to do so.
Forever
Author: Rajiv Shah
Publisher: Notion Press
ISBN: 1946280372
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
“Not every relationship in life is perfect, but every relationship can be made perfect.” Forever – A Love Saga is a tale of soul-searing love that captures moments of love, romance, humor and suspense. Arjun and Karishma, college students, meet each other by chance and find themselves falling for each other. Everything is perfect until…Karishma is found dead. Enter Rahul and Susan, who take on their role as detectives to investigate Karishma’s death. Between investigating the possible causes for her death and grappling with their own feelings for each other, Rahul and Susan stumble upon discoveries that leave them breathless. Does Rahul find out the truth behind Karishma’s death? Or does it remain a mystery Forever?
Publisher: Notion Press
ISBN: 1946280372
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
“Not every relationship in life is perfect, but every relationship can be made perfect.” Forever – A Love Saga is a tale of soul-searing love that captures moments of love, romance, humor and suspense. Arjun and Karishma, college students, meet each other by chance and find themselves falling for each other. Everything is perfect until…Karishma is found dead. Enter Rahul and Susan, who take on their role as detectives to investigate Karishma’s death. Between investigating the possible causes for her death and grappling with their own feelings for each other, Rahul and Susan stumble upon discoveries that leave them breathless. Does Rahul find out the truth behind Karishma’s death? Or does it remain a mystery Forever?
FOREVER AND EVER
Author: ANTHONY HULSE
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1471081222
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Following a car accident, Lucy Kinsella wakens after five years in a coma. She experiences terrifying hallucinations, and with the help of a psychologist, she discovers she actually lived the lives of the spirits who visit her. A series of child abductions in the area of Whitby, Scarborough and North Yorkshire results in a gruesome cannibalistic discovery. A nationwide manhunt follows, as the suspect flees. Attempting to unravel the mystery of Lucy's ghostly visitors, a team of ghost hunters conduct an experiment at the eerie setting of St Mary's graveyard, perched on the cliffs above the resort of Whitby. The frightening events that follow unlock but part of this enigma. Lucy meets James Meredith, a man who when under hypnosis also seemed to remember past lives. Together, the couple discover something so incredible and coincidental, or is it fate? Could they be somehow involved with what is happening to the children of North Yorkshire? A spine-chilling thriller with a terrifying finale.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1471081222
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Following a car accident, Lucy Kinsella wakens after five years in a coma. She experiences terrifying hallucinations, and with the help of a psychologist, she discovers she actually lived the lives of the spirits who visit her. A series of child abductions in the area of Whitby, Scarborough and North Yorkshire results in a gruesome cannibalistic discovery. A nationwide manhunt follows, as the suspect flees. Attempting to unravel the mystery of Lucy's ghostly visitors, a team of ghost hunters conduct an experiment at the eerie setting of St Mary's graveyard, perched on the cliffs above the resort of Whitby. The frightening events that follow unlock but part of this enigma. Lucy meets James Meredith, a man who when under hypnosis also seemed to remember past lives. Together, the couple discover something so incredible and coincidental, or is it fate? Could they be somehow involved with what is happening to the children of North Yorkshire? A spine-chilling thriller with a terrifying finale.
Fingerprints of God
Author: Barbara Bradley Hagerty
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9781594488771
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Articles about research on spirituality and the brain are usually written from the point of view that religious experience can be understood from a purely scientific perspective. Hagerty's (religion correspondent, NPR) book does not have this naturalistic or materialistic tendency. Rather, as both a reporter and a religious person, she seeks insight on spirituality and science while being open to the possibility that spirituality may still have a transcendent component. The book is interesting to read because the author has interviewed many scientists as well as many people who attest to having mystical or near-death experiences. In a way, the reader feels like a participant in Hagerty's own encounter with the various pieces of information and evidence, struggling with her to make sense of it all. Highly recommended.John Jaeger, Dallas Baptist Univ. Lib. Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9781594488771
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Articles about research on spirituality and the brain are usually written from the point of view that religious experience can be understood from a purely scientific perspective. Hagerty's (religion correspondent, NPR) book does not have this naturalistic or materialistic tendency. Rather, as both a reporter and a religious person, she seeks insight on spirituality and science while being open to the possibility that spirituality may still have a transcendent component. The book is interesting to read because the author has interviewed many scientists as well as many people who attest to having mystical or near-death experiences. In a way, the reader feels like a participant in Hagerty's own encounter with the various pieces of information and evidence, struggling with her to make sense of it all. Highly recommended.John Jaeger, Dallas Baptist Univ. Lib. Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
20 Life-Transforming Choices Adoptees Need to Make, Second Edition
Author: Sherrie Eldridge
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN: 1784500178
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
As an adoptee, do you have mixed feelings about your adoption? If you do, you are not alone - adoptees often experience complex feelings of grief, anger, and questions about their identity. Sherrie Eldridge is an adoptee and adoption expert, and in this book she draws on her personal experiences and feelings relating to adoption as well as interviews with over 70 adoptees. Sherrie reveals how you can discover your own unique life purpose and worth, and sets out 20 life-transforming choices which you have the power to make. The choices will help you discover answers about issues such as: Why do I feel guilty when I think about my birth parents? Why can't I talk about the painful aspects of adoption? Where can I gain an unshakable sense of self-esteem? Sherrie also addresses the problem of depression among adoptees and common dilemmas such as if, when and how to contact a birth mother or father. This fully updated second edition includes new material on finding support online, contacting family through social media, and features three new chapters, including Sherrie's story of reuniting with her birth brother, Jon, in adulthood.
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN: 1784500178
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
As an adoptee, do you have mixed feelings about your adoption? If you do, you are not alone - adoptees often experience complex feelings of grief, anger, and questions about their identity. Sherrie Eldridge is an adoptee and adoption expert, and in this book she draws on her personal experiences and feelings relating to adoption as well as interviews with over 70 adoptees. Sherrie reveals how you can discover your own unique life purpose and worth, and sets out 20 life-transforming choices which you have the power to make. The choices will help you discover answers about issues such as: Why do I feel guilty when I think about my birth parents? Why can't I talk about the painful aspects of adoption? Where can I gain an unshakable sense of self-esteem? Sherrie also addresses the problem of depression among adoptees and common dilemmas such as if, when and how to contact a birth mother or father. This fully updated second edition includes new material on finding support online, contacting family through social media, and features three new chapters, including Sherrie's story of reuniting with her birth brother, Jon, in adulthood.
"P" is for Peril
Author: Sue Grafton
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780399147197
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
Kinsey Millhone trusts her life to her instincts as her investigation into the disappearance of a renowned physician takes her into a dark and dangerous world of duplicity, betrayal, and double-dealing, in the noir-influenced novel by the author of fifteen mysteries spanning the first two-thirds of the alphabet. 750,000 first printing.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780399147197
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
Kinsey Millhone trusts her life to her instincts as her investigation into the disappearance of a renowned physician takes her into a dark and dangerous world of duplicity, betrayal, and double-dealing, in the noir-influenced novel by the author of fifteen mysteries spanning the first two-thirds of the alphabet. 750,000 first printing.
20 Things Adoptive Parents Need to Succeed
Author: Sherrie Eldridge
Publisher: Delta
ISBN: 0385341628
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Do I have what it takes to be a successful adoptive parent? Does my child consider me a successful parent? Will I ever hear my rebellious teen say, “I love you”? What tools do I need to succeed? In her groundbreaking first book, Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew, Sherrie Eldridge gave voice to the very real concerns of adopted children, whose unique perspectives offered unprecedented insight. In this all-new companion volume, Eldridge goes beyond those insights and shifts her focus to parents, offering them much-needed encouragement and hope. Speaking from her own experience as an adoptee and an expert in the field of adoption, Eldridge shares proven strategies and the moving narratives of nearly one hundred adoptive families, helping parents gain a deeper understanding of what is normal, both for their children and themselves. By first strengthening yourself as a parent, you’ll be able to truly listen to your child, and to connect with him on every level, by opening the channels of communication and keeping them open forever. Then you and your child can grow closer through the practical exercises at the end of every chapter. Discover how to • be confident that your role in your child’s life is vital and irreplaceable • pass on the legacy of healthy self-care by assessing and regulating your stress • communicate unconditional love to your child • talk candidly with your child about her adoption and her birth family • teach your family how to respond positively to insensitive remarks about adoption • connect with other adoptive families–and build a support network • plus learn to become a “warrior” parent…settle the “real parent” question…cope with emotional triggers–what to do when you “lose it” . . . celebrate the miracle of your family…and much more
Publisher: Delta
ISBN: 0385341628
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Do I have what it takes to be a successful adoptive parent? Does my child consider me a successful parent? Will I ever hear my rebellious teen say, “I love you”? What tools do I need to succeed? In her groundbreaking first book, Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew, Sherrie Eldridge gave voice to the very real concerns of adopted children, whose unique perspectives offered unprecedented insight. In this all-new companion volume, Eldridge goes beyond those insights and shifts her focus to parents, offering them much-needed encouragement and hope. Speaking from her own experience as an adoptee and an expert in the field of adoption, Eldridge shares proven strategies and the moving narratives of nearly one hundred adoptive families, helping parents gain a deeper understanding of what is normal, both for their children and themselves. By first strengthening yourself as a parent, you’ll be able to truly listen to your child, and to connect with him on every level, by opening the channels of communication and keeping them open forever. Then you and your child can grow closer through the practical exercises at the end of every chapter. Discover how to • be confident that your role in your child’s life is vital and irreplaceable • pass on the legacy of healthy self-care by assessing and regulating your stress • communicate unconditional love to your child • talk candidly with your child about her adoption and her birth family • teach your family how to respond positively to insensitive remarks about adoption • connect with other adoptive families–and build a support network • plus learn to become a “warrior” parent…settle the “real parent” question…cope with emotional triggers–what to do when you “lose it” . . . celebrate the miracle of your family…and much more