These pages are a list of books I have read/am reading around adoption as family. Some books are obviously filtered by my personal experience for they likely appear to a more objective observer as having a rather thin connection to the world of adoption. I add no comment as we are individual in what we take from a book. Incidentally, fairly nearly 100% of the books are from where ever my current regional library was/is at the time of reading.
Becoming Family
Russia
Out of Line: growing up soviet Tina Grimberg 2007
Secondhand Time: the last of the Soviets Svetlana Alexievich 2016
The Girl from the Metropol Hotel: growing up in communist Russia Ludmilla Petrushevskaya 2006
Mothers of MiseryDavid L. Ransel 1988
And Now My Soul is Hardened: Abandoned Children in Soviet Russia, 1918 – 1930 Alan M. Ball 1994
The Last Man in Russia Oliver Bullough 2013
Little Failure Gary Shteyngart 2014
The Future Is History: how totalitarianism reclaimed Russia Masha Gessen 2017
The Possessed: adventures with Russian books and the people who read them Elif Batuman 2010
Putin’s World: Russia against the West and with the rest Angela Stent 2019
In Putin’s Footsteps: searching for the soul of an empire across Russia’s eleven time zones Nina Khrushcheva and Jeffrey Talyer 2019
Lessons from the Edge: a memoir Marie Yovanovitch 2022
Russka: the novel of Russia Edward Rutherfurd 1991
The Return of Holy Russia: apocalyptic history, mystical awakening, and the struggle for the soul Gary Lachman 2020
The Dissident: Alexey Navalny, profile of a political prisoner David M. Herszenhorn 2023
The Counteroffensive’ The Atlantic Anne Applebaum and Jeffrey Goldberg June 2023
The Brothers Karamazov Fyodor Dostoevsky 1879
I Love Russia: reporting from a lost country Elena Kostyuchenko 2023
Mud and Stars: travels in Russia with Pushkin, Tolstoy, and other geniuses of the Golden Age Sara Wheeler 2019
Selected Stories of Anton Chekhov translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky 2000
Anton Chekhov: fifty-two stories translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky 2020
War and Peace: the graphic novel / the BBC series/ Sergei Bondarchuk movie
Anna Karenina Leo Tolstoy 1878
Down Fall: Prigozhin, Putin and the new fight for the future of Russia Anna Arutunyan & Mark Galeotti
The Chancellor: the remarkable odyssey of Angela Merkel Kati Marton 2021
The Process of Adoption
Lost and Found: the adoption experience Betty Jean Lifton 1979
Journey of the Adopted Self: a quest for wholeness Betty Jean Lifton 1994
Attaching in Adoption: practical tools for today’s parents Deborah D. Gray 2002
Understanding Attachment: parenting, child care and emotional development Jean Mercer 2006
Thinking Critically about Child Development: examining myths and misunderstandings Jean Mercer 2016
Great Myths of Child Development Stephen Hupp, Jeremy Jewell 2015
Born for Love: why empathy is essential – and endangered Maia Szalavitz, Bruce D. Perry, M.D., Ph.D. 2010
Adopting Older Children: a practical guide to adopting and parenting children over age four Stephanie Bosco-Ruggiero, MA, Gloria Russo Wassell, MS, LMHC, Victor Groza, PhD 2014
A Legacy of Divorce Judith Wallerstein 2000
Adopting Maternity: white women who adopt transracially or transnationally Nora Rose Moosnick 2004
Attachment Processes in Couple and Family Therapy Susan M Johnson, Valerie P. Wiflen, (eds.) 2005
Models of Clinical Intervention: attachment based family therapy for depressed adolescents Guy S Diamond, PhD, Gary M. Diamond, PhD, Suzanne A. Levy, PhD 201
The Inner Life of Animals: love, grief, and compassion: surprising observations of a hidden world Peter Wohlleben 2017
Uprooted:the shipment of poor children to Canada, 1867-1917 Roy Parker 2010
Thicker Than Blood: adoptive parenting in the modern world Marion Crook 2016
High Five: a suburban adoption saga Julia Ivanova 2013 video
Father Dreams Julia Ivanova 2007 video
The Adoptive Parents’ Handbook: a guide to healing trauma and thriving with your foster or adopted child Barbara Cummins Tantrum 2020
Fostering Change: myth, meaning and magic bullets in attachment theory Richard J. Delaney 2006
Family Bond: Adoption and the politics of parenting Elizabeth Bartholet 1993
China’s Hidden Children: abandonment, adoption, and the human costs of the one-child policy Kay Ann Johnson 2016
the Child Catchers: rescue, trafficking, and the new gospel of adoption Kathryn Joyce 2013
Ghosts of the Orphanage: a story of mysterious deaths, a conspiracy of silence, and a search for justice Christine Kenneally 2023
American Baby: a mother, a child, and the secret history of adoption Gabrielle Glaser 2021
You’ll Forget This Ever Happened: secrets, shame, and adoption in the 1960s Laura L. Engel 2022
Lesbian and Gay Foster Care and Adoption, 2nd ed. Stephen Hicks and Janet McDermott 2018
Adoption & Prenatal Alcohol and Drug Exposure: research, policy, and practice edited by Richard P Barth, Madelyn Freundlich, and David Brozinsky 2000
The Adoption Machine: the dark history of Ireland’s mother and baby homes and the inside story of how Tuam 800 became a global scandal Paul Jude Redmond 2018
Hello, Sweet Baby: an adoption journey Janeen Jackson and Brittanie Gaja 2023
Adoption Unfiltered: revelations from adoptees, birth parents, adoptive parents, and allies Sara Easterly, Kelsey Vander Vliet Ranyard, Lori Holden 2024
One Big Happy Family: 18 writers talk about polyamory, open adoption, mixed marriage, househusbandry, single motherhood, and other realities of truly modern love ed. by Rebecca Walker 2009
White Unwed Mother: the adoption mandate in postwar Canada Valerie J Andrews 2018
Adoption As Both Elena S Hall 2021
Parenting Adopted Teenagers: advice for adolescent years Rachel Staff 2016
Everyday Ways to Connect with Your Adopted or Foster Child: over 200 quick and simple ways to build relationships and open conversations Fiona Biggar Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2024
Memoirs of Adoption
The Mistress’s Daughter: a memoir A.M. Homes 2007
Blue Nights Joan Didion 2011
Found: a memoir Jennifer Lauck 2012
Philomena (movie) 2013
Me, Myself, and Why Jennifer Ouellette 2014
A long Way Home Saroo Brierley 2013
Leave Me Alone, I’m Reading and Losing Myself in Books Maureen Corrigan 2005
Rescuing Julia Twice: a mother’s tale of Russian adoption and overcoming Reactive Attachment DisorderTina Traster 2014
“Flight of the Wendybird” Lynn Coady from Great Expectations: twenty-four true stories about childbirth Dede Crane, Lisa Moore(eds.) 2008
Identical Strangers: a memoir of twins separated and reunited Elyse Schein, Paula Bernstein 2007
Three Identical Strangers CNN documentary February 2019
All You Can Ever Know: a memoir Nicole Chung 2018
Inheritance: a memoir of genealogy, paternity, and love Dani Shapiro 2019
Lucky Girl: a memoir Mei-Ling Hopgood 2009
Stolen From Our Embrace: the abduction of First Nations children and the restoration of Aboriginal communities Suzanne Fournier and Ernie Crey 1997
We Were Children DVD 2012
Beautiful Scars: Steeltown secrets, Mohawk Skywalkers and the road home Tom Wilson 2017
Before and After: the incredible real-life stories of orphans who survived the Tennessee Children’s Home Society Judy Christie & Lisa Wingate 2019
The Girl Behind the Door: a father’s quest to understand his daughter’s suicide John Brook 2016
These Are The Stories: memories of a 60s Scoop Survivor Christine Miskonoodinkwe Smith 2021
Invisible Boy: a memoir of self-discovery Harrison Mooney 2022
Somewhere Sisters: a story of adoption, identity, and the meaning of family Erika Hayasaki 2022
Detachment: an adoption memoir Maurice Mierau 2014
The Beauty of Living Twice Sharon Stone 2021
Kisses for Katie: a story of relentless love and redemption Katie Davis with Beth Clark 2011
Baby, We Were Meant for Each Other : in praise of adoption Scott Simon 2010
make me a mother: a memoir Susanne Antonetta 2014
Pulling the Chariot of the Sun Shane McCrae 2023
Monstrous: a transracial adoption story Sarah Myer 2023
The Girl I Am, Was, and Never Will Be: a speculative memoir of transracial adoption Shannon Gibney 2023
Our Wish For You: a story about open adoption Dano Moreno 2023
From Maybe To Forever: an adoption story M.L.Gold and N.V. Fong 2020
Bitterroot: a Salish memoir of transracial adoption Susan Devan Harness 2018
Hidden Daughter-Secret Sister: a story of adoption Kim Mooney 2020
The Language of Blood: a memoir Jane Jeong Trenka 2003
You’ll Forget This Ever Happened: secrets, shame, and adoption in the 1960s Laura L Engel 2022
Older Sister. Not Necessarily Related: a memoir Jenny Heijun wills 2019
Look At You Now: my journey from shame to strength Liz Pryor 2017
The Last Black Unicorn Tiffany Haddish 2017
Mamalita: an adoption memoir Jessica O’Dwyer 2010
The Invisible Girl: the true story of an unheard voice Torey Hayden 2021
Somebody’s Child: stories about adoption ed. by Bruce Gillespie and Lynne Van Luven 2011
You Should Be Grateful: stories of race, identity, and transracial adoption Angela Tucker 2022
Notes to John Joan Didion Alfred A. Knopf, 2025
Mother Tongue Sara Nović Random House, 2026
Novels referencing Adoption
A Casual Vacancy JK Rowling 2012
And the Mountains Echoed K Hosseini 2013
Cider House Rules John Irving 2000
The Cuckoos Calling R Galbraith (JK Rowling) 2013
Before We Were Yours Lisa Wingate 2017
The Children Act Ian McEwan 2014
Run Ann Patchett 2007
Digging to America Anne Tyler 2006
The Bean Trees Barbara Kingsolver 1988
Little Men Louisa May Alcott 1871
David Copperfield Charles Dickens 1849-50
Oliver Twist Charles Dickens 1837-39
Jane Eyre Charlotte Bronte 1847
Eva Luna Isabel Allende 1989
Daughter of Fortune Isabel Allende 1999
And of course, All the Harry Potter books JK Rowling
A Gentleman in Moscow Amor Towles 2016
The Wind Knows My Name Isabel Allende 2023
We Meant Well Erum Shazia Hasan 2023
Small Things Like These Claire Keegan 2021
There, There Tommy Orange 2018
Welcome Home: an anthology on love and adoption Eric Smith,ed. 2017
The Correspondent Virgina Evans, Crown New York, 2025
Being Family
Hold On To Your Kids: why parents need to matter more than peersGordon Neufeld, Ph.D. , Gabor Maté , M.D. 2004
When Parents Hurt: compassionate strategies when you and your grown children don’t get alongJoshua Coleman 2007
Coyote Medicine: lessons from Native American healing Lewis Mehl-Madrona, M.D., Ph.D. 1997
Coyote Healing: miracles in native medicineLewis Mehl-Madrona, M.D., Ph.D 2003
Coyote Wisdom: the power of story in healing Lewis Mehl-Madrona, M.D., Ph.D. 2005
Narrative Medicine: the use of history and story in the healing process Lewis Mehl-Madrona, Ph.D. 2007
Healing the Mind Through the Power of Story: the promise of narrative psychiatry Lewis Mehl-Madrona, Ph.D. 2010
Remapping Your Mind: the neuroscience of self-transformation through story Lewis Mehl-Madrona, Ph.D. 2015
Extra Sensory: the science and pseudoscience of telepathy and other powers of the mind Brain Clegg 2013 Included because maybe, just maybe, there are other ways to connect with my son’s mind. With this I have read some fairly new age-ish renditions of quantum physics, all in the hope that maybe, just maybe.
On the Move: a life Oliver Sacks 2015
Consciousness Beyond Life: the science of the near-death experience Pim Von Lommel 2010 Included because along with Joseph Campbell’s writings, it encourages my chosen belief that we are each on a journey
The Application of Impossible Things Natalie Sudman 2012
The Silence of Jesus: the authentic voice of the historical man James Breech 1983 A perspective on the Good Samaritan and Prodigal Son
Myths to Live By Joseph Campbell 1972
The Power of Myth Joseph Campbell 1988
From Science to God: a physicist’s journey into the mystery of consciousness Peter Russel 2000
Waking from Sleep: why awakening experiences occur and how to make them permanent Steve Taylor 2010
Supersense: why we believe in the unbelievable Bruce Hood 2009
Far from the Tree: parents, children and the search for identity Andrew Solomon 2012
Far from the Tree: how children and their parents learn to accept one another… our differences unite us Young Adult edition Andrew Solomon 2017
The Brain’s Way of Healing: remarkable discoveries and recoveries from the frontiers of brain science Norman Doidges 2007
The Idiot Brain: what your head is really up to Dean Burnett 2016
My Stroke of Insight: a brain scientist’s personal journey Jill Bolte Taylor 2006
The Male Brain: a breakthrough understanding of how men and boys think Loann Brizendine 2010
The Unmade Bed: the messy truth about men and women in the 21st century Stephen Marche, with Sarah Fulford 2017
Hallucinations Oliver Sacks 2012
Thinking, Fast and Slow Daniel Kahneman 2011
Living in Limbo: families journeying toward understanding Mavis Olesen, Ph.D., Dallas Williams 2003
“Why Do I Love These People?”: understanding, surviving, and creating your own family Po Bronson 200
Strangers Drowning: grappling with impossible idealism, drastic choices, and overpowering urge to helpLarissa MacFarquhar 2015
The Deepest Well: healing the long-term effects of childhood adversity Nadine Burke Harris, MD 2001
The Art of Memoir Mary Karr 2015
Stay Sexy & Don’t Get Murdered Karen Kilgariff & Georgia Hardstark 2019
Imagining Child Welfare in the Spirit of Reconciliation, Voices from the Prairies Ed. Dorothy Badry, H. Monty Montgomery, Daniel Kikulwe, Marlyn Bennett, and Don Fuchs 2018
The Boy Who Was Raised As A Dog And Other Stories From A Child Psychiatrist’s Notebook: what traumatized children can teach us about Loss, Love, and HealingBruce D. Perry, M.D., Ph.D. and Maia Szalavitz 2006
The Body Bill Bryson 2019
Stumbling on Happiness Daniel Gilbert 2006
The Science of Evil: on empathy and the origins of cruelty Simon Baron-Cohen 2011
Zero Degrees of Empathy: a new theory of human cruelty and kindness Simon Baron-Cohen 2011
The Age of Empathy: nature’s lessons for a kinder society Frans De Waal 2009
Survival of the Friendliest: understanding our origins and rediscovering our common humanity Brian Hare and Vanessa Woods 2020
The Empathic Civilization: the race to global consciousness in a world in crisis Jeremy Rifkin 2009
Daring Greatly: how the courage to be vulnerable transforms the way we live, love, parent, and lead Brené Brown 2012
Nobody’s Normal: how culture created the stigma of mental illness Roy Richard Grinker 2021
Born for Love: why empathy is essential — and endangered Bruce D. Perry and Maia Szalavitz 2010
Pieces of Light: how the new science of memory illuminates the stories we tell about our pasts Charles Fernyhough 2012
The Wrong Way to Save Your life: essays Megan Stielstra 2017
Epigenetics: the ultimate mystery of inheritance Richard C. Francis 2011
The Origins Of You: how childhood shapes later life Jay Belsky, Avshalom Caspi, Terrie E. Moffat, Richie Poulton 2020
Attached: the new science of adult attachment and how it can help you find-and keep-love Amir Levine, M.D. and Rachel S.F. Heller, M.A. 2010
Strangers to Ourselves: unsettled minds and the stories that make us Rachel Aviv 2022
Think Again: the power of knowing what you don’t know Adam Grant 2021
The Myth of Normal:trauma, illness & healing in a toxic culture Gabor Maté, MD with Daniel Maté 2022
What Kind Of Parent Am I?: self-surveys that reveal the impact of toxic stress and more Dr. Nicole Letourneau 2018
The Not Good Enough Mother Sharon Lamb 2019
The Owner’s Manual To Terrible Parenting Guy Delisle 2015
Scientific Parenting:what science reveals about parenting influence Dr. Nicole Letourneau with Justin Joschko 2013
Act Natural: a cultural history of misadventures in parenting Jennifer Traig 2019
Keys to Parenting the Adopted Child 2nd ed. Kathy Lancaster, Ph.D 2009
The Family First Workbook: specific tools, strategies, and skills for creating a phenomenal family Dr. Phil McGraw 2005
The Gene: an intimate history Siddhartha Mukherjee 2017
Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents Lindsay C. Gibson, PsyD 2016
Hunt, Gather, Parent: what ancient cultures can teach us about the lost art of raising happy, helpful little humans Michaeleen Doucleff, PhD 2021
Fault Lines: fractured families and how to mend them Karl Pillemer, PhD 2022
Humankind: a hopeful history Rutger Bregman 2019
EVE: how the female body drove 200 million years of human evolution Cat Bohannon 2023
How To Raise An Adult: breaking free of the overparenting trap and prepare your kid for success Julie Lythcott-Haims 2015
Bad Therapy: why kids aren’t growing up Abigail Shier Sentinel 2024
Parenting Adopted Teenagers: advice for the adolescent years Rachel Staff 2016
Advanced Parenting: advice for helping kids through diagnoses, difference, and mental health challenges Kelly Fradin, MD 2023
The Parenting Handbook: your guide to raising resilient children Tania Johnson, R. Psych and Tammy Schamuhn, R. Psych 2024
the 5 principles of parenting: your essential guide to raising good humans Dr. Aliza Pressman 2024
The Attachment Effect: exploring the powerful ways our earliest bond shapes our relationships and lives Peter Lovenheim 2018
The Abandoners: on mothers and monsters Begona Gomez Urzaiz 2024
Who is a Worthy Mother?: an intimate history of adoption Rebecca Wellington 2024
Disorganized Attachment No More: the complete blueprint to achieving a secure attachment style in relationships Taha Zaid 2023
The Trouble with Perfect: how parents can avoid the over-achievement trap and still raise successful children Elizabeth Guthrie, Kathy Matthews 2002
The Good Mother Myth: redefining motherhood to fit reality Avital Norman Nathman, ed. 2014
Brainstorm: the power and purpose of the teenage brain Daniel J. Siegel, M.D. 2013
The Adult Attachment Projective Picture System: attachment theory and assessment in adults Carol George Malcolm L. West 2012
Securely Attached: transform your attachment patterns into loving, lasting romantic relationships Eli Harwood, MA, LPC 2023
The Unexpected Journey: finding strength, hope, and yourself on the caregiving path Emma Heming Willis Random, 2025
A Flower Travelled In My Blood: the incredible true story of the grandmothers who fought to find a stolen generation of children Haley Cohen Gilliland Avid Reader Press,2025
Memoirs of Being Family
A Mother’s Reckoning: living in the aftermath of tragedy Sue Klebold 2016
The Sum of Our Days Isabelle Allende 2008
Paula Isabelle Allende 1994
Expecting Adam: a true story of birth, rebirth and everyday magic Martha Beck 2000
Swing Low: a life Miriam Toews 2000
Jupiter’s Travels Ted Simon 2005
Hillbilly Elegy: a memoir of a family and culture in crisis J.D. Vance 2016
Living with a Wild God: a nonbeliever’s search for the truth about everything Barbara Ehrenreich 2014
Encountering Our Wild God: ways to experience his untamable presence every day Kim Meeder 2018
Love Works Like This: moving from one kind of life to another Lauren Slater 2014
The Rules Do Not Apply Ariel Levy 2017
Confessions of a Sociopath: a life spent hiding in plain sight M.E. Thomas 2013
Mamaskatch: a Cree coming of ageDarrel J. Mcleod 2001
The Master Plan: my journey from life in prison to a life of purposeChris Wilson with Bret Witter 2019
Everything You Ever Wanted Jillian Lauren 2015
Building a Life Worth Living: a Memoir Marsha M. Linehan 2020
Educated: a memoir Tara Westover 2018
Why Religion?: a personal story Elaine Pagels 2018
Normal Family: on truth, love and how I met my 35 siblings Chrysta Bilton 2022
Will Will Smith with Mark Manson 2021
Laughing with the Trickster: on sex, death, and accordions Tomson Highway 2022
Abandon Me: memoirs Melissa Febos 2017
Heartbreak: a personal and scientific journey Florence Williams 2022
In Search of Stones: a pilgrimage of faith, reason and discovery M.Scott Peck 1995
Running With Scissors: a memoir Augusten Burroughs 2002
Pulling the Chariot of the Sun: a memoir of a kidnapping Shane McCrae 2023
This is the Night Our House Will Catch Fire: a memoir Nick Flynn 2020
Someone Has Led This Child To Believe Regina Louise 2018
A Child Called “It”: one child’s courage to survive Dave Pelzer 1995
Too Close To Me: the middle-aged consequences of revealing Dave Pelzer 2015
While You Were Out: an intimate family portrait of mental illness in an era of silence Meg Kissinger 2023
Splinters: another kind of love story Leslie Jamison 2024
Worthy Jada Pinkett Smith 2023
I’m Glad My Mom Died Jennette McCurdy 2022
Parents Under the Influence: words of wisdom from a former bad mother Cecile David-Weill 2019
Consent: a memoir Jill Ciment 2024
Paris: the memoir Paris Hilton 2023
Saving: a doctor’s struggle to help his children Shane Neilson 2023
Nothing But the Truth: a memoir Marie Henein 2021 (could also be in the Addictions section re: the law)
The Body Papers: a memoir Grace Talusan 2019
Apocalypse Child: surviving doomsday and the search for identity at the end of the world Carly Butler 2024
Cry When The Baby Cries Becky Barnicoat 2025
Notes to John Joan Didion Alfred A. Knopf, 2025
Troubled: a memoir of foster care, family, and social class Rob Henderson Gallery Books, 2024
The Inherited Mind: a story of family, hope, and the genetics of mental illness James Longman Hyperion Avenue, 2025
Feeding Ghosts: a graphic memoir Tessa Hulls McClelland & Stewart, 2024
Novels referencing Difficulties in Being Family
A Casual Vacancy J.K. Rowling 2012
The Good House Ann Leary 2013
Maya’s Notebook Isabelle Allende 2013
All My Puny Sorrows Miriam Toews 2015
A Complicated Kindness Miriam Toews 2005
A Nearly Normal Family M.T. Edvardsson 2019
The Alchemist: a graphic novel Paulo Coelho 2010
Fight Night Miriam Toews 2021
A Good Enough Mother: a novel Bev Thomas 2019
The Running Grave J.K. Rowling 2023
Help for Bio-Psycho-Social Distress
Hope and Help for Your Nerves Dr. Claire Weekes 1969 Dealing with fear of the feelings that fear itself had aroused
How to Meditate: a guide to self-discovery Laurence LeShan 1999
Waking the Tiger: healing trauma Peter Levine 1997
The Science of Yoga: the risks and rewards William Broad 2012
Mindfulness for Beginners Jon Kabat Zinn 2006
The Happiness Hypothesis: finding modern truth in ancient wisdom Jonathan Haidt 2006
The Joy Diet: ten daily practices for a happier life Martha Beck 2003
Steering by Starlight Martha Beck 2008
Finding your Way in a Wild New World Martha Beck 2012
Full Catastrophe Living: using the wisdom of your body and mind to face stress, pain, and illness Jon Kabat Zinn 1990
Radical Acceptance: embracing your life with the heart of a BuddhaTara Brach 2003
Freedom from Depression: a practical guide for the journey James Gordon 2012
Loving What Is: four questions that can change your life Byron Katie 2003
Anxious: using the brain to understand and treat fear and anxiety J Ledoux 2015
Meditations for Fidgety Skeptics: a 10% happier how-to book Dan Harris 2017
Rewire Your Anxious Brain: how to use the neuroscience of fear to end anxiety, panic, and worry Catherine Pittman 2015
The Compass of Pleasure: how our brains make fatty food, orgasm, exercise, marijuana, generosity, vodka, learning and gambling feel so good David J. Linden 2011
The Power of Acceptance: finding peace from anxiety and panic attacks Judith Bemis 2008
The Mindful Way Through Anxiety: break free from chronic worry and reclaim your life Susan M. Orsillo, Lizabeth Roemer, Zindel V. Segal 2011
Learning to Breathe: a mindfulness curriculum for adolescents to cultivate emotion regulation, attention, and performance Patricia C. Broderick 2013
Seeking Serenity: the 10 new rules for health and happiness in the age of anxiety Amanda Enayati 2015
I Want to Change My Life: skills for anxiety, depression, addiction and life Steven Melemis 2010
Overcoming the Fear of Fear: how to reduce anxiety sensitivity Sherry Stewart Ph.D., Steven Taylor, Ph.D. Margo Watt, Ph.D. 2007
The Mind and the Brain: neuroplasticity and the power of mental force Jeffrey Schwartz, Sharon Begley 2003
You are Not Your Brain: the 4-step solution for changing bad habits, ending unhealthy thinking, and taking control of your life Jeffrey M. Schwartz, M.D. and Rebecca Gladding, M.D. 2011
The Body Keeps the Score: brain, mind and body in the healing of trauma Bessel A. van der Kolk 2014
Learned Optimism: how to change your mind and your life Martin E.P. Seligman, Ph.D. 2006
Bright-Sided: how the relentless promotion of positive thinking has undermined America Barbara Ehrenreich 2009
The Power of Now: a guide to spiritual enlightenment Eckhart Tolle 1999 Flipping through it now, lines I underlined are about the “letting go” concept that tends to befuddle me when I try to enact or live it.
Freud: inventor of the modern mind Peter D. Kramer 2006
Antidote: happiness for people who can’t stand positive thinking Oliver Burkeman 2012
Yoga Therapy for Stress and Anxiety: create a personalized holistic plan to balance your life Robert Butera, Erin Byron 2015
Healing Developmental Trauma: how early trauma affects self-regulation, self-image and the capacity for relationship Laurence Heller Aline La Pierre 2012
How God Changes Your Brain: breakthrough findings from a leading neuroscientist Andrew Newberg, Mark Robert Waldman 2009
What Happy Women Know: how new findings in positive psychology can change women’s lives for the better Dan Baker, Ina Yalof 2007
The Sleep Revolution: transforming your life, one night at a time Arianna Huffington 2016
Maybe You should Talk to Someone Lori Gottlieb 2019
The Power ofKindness: why empathy is essential in everyday life Brian Goldman, M.D. 2018
Healing the Mind through the Power of Story: the promise of narrative psychiatry Lewis Mehl-Madrona, M.D., Ph.D. 2010
The Healing Power of Mindfulness: a new way of being Jon Kabat-Zinn 2018
Lost Connections: uncovering the real causes of depression – and the unexpected solutions Johann Hari 2018
The Story You Need To Tell: writing to heal from trauma, illness, or loss Sandra Marinella 2017
Pieces of Light: how the new science of memory illuminates the stories we tell about our pasts Charles Fernyhough 2012
The Science of Storytelling: why stories make us human and how to tell them better Will Storr 2020
Personality isn’t Permanent: break free from self-limiting beliefs and rewrite your story Benjamin Hardy, PhD 2020
Upside: the new science of post-traumatic growth Jim Rendon 2015
The Heretics/ The Unpersuadables: adventures with the enemies of science Will Storr 2013/4
Man’s Search for Meaning Viktor E. Frankl 1946
8 Keys To Safe Trauma Recovery: take-charge strategies to empower your healing Babette Rothschild 2010
Noonday Demon: an atlas of depression Andrew Solomon 2015
The Righteous Mind: why good people are divided by politics and religion Jonathan Haidt 2013
How To Change Your Mind: what the new science of psychedelics teaches us about consciousness, dying, addiction, depression and transcendence Michael Pollan 2021
What Happened to You: conversations on trauma, resilience and healing Bruce D. Perry and Oprah Winfrey
Discomfortable: What is shame and how can we break its hold A.J. Bond 2021
Shame: free yourself, find joy, and build true self-esteem Joseph Burgo, Ph.D. 2018
Love’s Executioner and Other Tales of Psychotherapy Irvin D. Yalom 2012
Stumbling on Happiness Daniel Gilbert 2007
Atlas of the Heart: mapping meaningful connection and the language of human experience Brené Brown 2021
Group: how one therapist and a circle of strangers saved my life Christie Tate 2020
Habits of a Happy Brain: retrain your brain to boost your Serotonin, Dopamine, Oxytocin, and Endorphin levels Loretta Graziano Breuning, PhD 2016
A Cure for Darkness: the story of depression and how we treat it Alex Riley 2021
We All Have Parts: an illustrated guide to healing trauma with internal family systems Colleen West 2021
Internal Family Systems Therapy 2nd ed. Richard C. Schwartz and Martha Sweezy 2020
Complex PTSD: from surviving to thriving:a guide and map for recovering from childhood trauma Pete Walker 2013
Quiet: the power of introverts in a world that can’t stop talking Susan Cain 2012
Dopamine Nation:finding balance in the age of indulgence Anna Lembke, MD 2021
No Bad Parts: healing trauma & restoring wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model Richard C. Schwartz, PhD. 2021
Curing Stubborn Depression: emerging & breakthrough therapies for treatment-resistant depression Paul B. Fitzgerald, PhD, MBBS 2023
Talking To Strangers: what we should know about the people we don’t know Malcolm Gladwell 2019
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck: a counterintuitive approach to living a good life Mark Manson 2016
Everything is Fucked: a book about hope Mark Manson 2019
The Improbability Principle: why coincidences, miracles, and rare events happen every day David J. Hand 2014
Disentangling from Emotionally Immature People Lindsay C Gibson, PsyD 2023
The Empathy Exams: essays Leslie Jamison 2014
Retrain Your Brain: cognitive behavioural therapy in 7 weeks:a workbook for managing depression and anxiety Seth J Gillihan, PhD. 2016
The 4-Week Insomnia Workbook: a drug-free program Sara Dittoe Barrett 2019
What is Emotion: history, measures, and meanings Jerome Kagan Yale University Press, 2007
The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons: the history of the human brain as revealed by true stories of trauma, madness, and recovery Sam Kean 2014
Good Chemistry: the science of connection, from soul to psychedelics Julie Holland, MD 2020
Remember: the science of memory and the art of forgetting Lisa Genova 2021
The Dictionary of OBSCURE SORROWS John Koenig 2021
Aftermath: life in the fallout of the Third Reich, 1945-1955 Harald Jahner 2019
The Age of Magical Overthinking: notes on modern irrationality Amanda Montell 2024
Cultish:the language of fanaticism Amanda Montell 2021
Future Tense: why anxiety is good for you (even though it feels bad) Tracy Dennis-Tiwary, PhD 2022
Against Empathy: the case for rational compassion Paul Bloom Ecco, 2018
Psych: the story of the human mind Paul Bloom HarperCollins Publishers, 2023
The Anxious Generation: how the great rewiring of childhood is causing an epidemic of mental illness Jonathan Haidt Penguin Press, 2024
How Trust Works: the science of how relationships are built, broken, and repaired Peter H. Kim, Ph.D. Flatiron Books, 2023
The Gifts of Imperfection: 10th anniversary edition Brené Brown, PhD, MSW Hazelden, 2020
The Sweet Spot: the pleasures of suffering and the search for meaning Paul Bloom HarperCollins Publishers, 2021
Seven Deadly Sins: the biology of being human Guy Leschziner S. Martin’s Press, 2024
So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed Jon Ronson Riverhead Books, 2015
A World Appears: a journey into consciousness Michael Pollan Random House, lp, 2026
Notes on Being A Man Scott Galloway Simon & Schuster, 2025
Memoirs dealing with Bio-Psycho-Social Distress
The Happiness Project: or why I spent a year trying to sing in the morning, clean my closets, fight right, read Aristotle, and generally have more fun Gretchen Rubin 2009
Monkey Mind: a memoir of anxiety Daniel Smith 2012
My Age of Anxiety: fear, hope, dread and the search for peace of mind. Scott Stossel Alfred A. Knopf, 2014
10% Happier: how I tamed the voice in my head, reduced stress without losing my edge, and found self-help that actually works Dan Harris 2014
Learning to Breathe: my yearlong quest to bring calm to my life Priscilla Warner 2011
Hi, Anxiety: life with a bad case of nerves Kat Kinsman 2016
In Praise of Messy Lives: essays Katie Roiphe 2012
The Hope Circuit: a psychologist’s journey from helplessness to optimismMartin E.P. Seligman 2018
Daring: my passages: a memoir Gail Sheehy 2014
Building a Life Worth Living: a memoir Marsha M. Linehan 2020
The Buddha and the Borderline: a memoir Kiera Van Gelder 2010
Group: how one therapist and a circle of strangers saved my life Christie Tate 2020
The Shapeless Unease Samantha Harvey 2020
Heartbreak: a personal and scientific journey Florence Williams 2022
While You Were Out: an intimate family portrait of mental illness in an era of silence Meg Kissinger 2023
If I Knew Then: finding wisdom in failure and power in aging Jann Arden 202o
This Ordinary Stardust: a scientist’s path from grief to wonder Alan Townsend 2024
Wired For Love: a neuroscientist’s journey through romance, loss, and the essence of human connection Stephanie Cacioppo 2022
Saving: a doctor’s struggle to help his children Shane Neilson 2023
The Inherited Mind: a story of family,hope and the genetics of mental illness James Longman 2025
Bibliophobia: a memoir Sarah Chihaya 2025
We Are All Perfectly Fine Jillian Horton HarperCollins Publishers, 2021
The Woman Who Cracked The Anxiety Code: the extraordinary life of Dr. Claire Weekes Judith Hoare Scribe, 2019
Better: a memoir about wanting to die Arianna Rebolini Harper, 2025
Leaving Home: a memoir in full colour Mark Haddon Doubleday Canada, 2026
The Best Of Us: a memoir Joyce Maynard Thorndike Press, 2017
Help Me: my perfectly disastrous journey through the world of self-help Marianne Power HarperAvenue, 2018
Dealing with Addictions
What You Can Change… and What You Can’t: the complete guide to successful self-improvement Martin E. P. Seligman, Ph.D. 2007
The Biology of Desire: why addiction is not a disease Marc Lewis, Ph.D. 2015
Unbroken Brain: a revolutionary new way of understanding addiction Maia Szalavitz 2016
Inner Paths to Outer Space: journeys to alien worlds through psychedelics and other spiritual technologies Rick Strassman, M.D. Slawek Wojtowicz, M.D. Luis Eduardo Luna, Ph.D. and Ede Frecka, M.D. 2008
Drink: the intimate relationship between women and alcohol Ann Dowsett Johnston 2013
In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: close encounters with addiction Gabor Maté M.D. 2012
Addiction and Grief: letting go of fear, anger and addiction Barb Rogers 2011
Addiction as an Attachment Disorder: implications for group therapy Philip J. Flores Ph.D. 2004
Helping the Addict You Love: the new effective program for getting the addict into treatment Laurence M Westreich, M.D. 2007
When the Body Says No: the cost of hidden stress Gabor Maté, M.D. 2004
The Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous Bill W. 1939
Co-dependent No More: how to stop controlling others and start caring for yourself Melody Beattie 1989(paperback)
The Sober Truth: debunking the bad science behind 12-step programs and the rehab industry Lance Dodes 2014
Addicted: in the belly of the beast. Lorna Crossier Patrick Lane 2006
Desire: where sex meets addiction Susan Cheevers 2008
Addiction: why can’t they just stop John Hoffman and Susan Froemke,( ed.) 2007
Arresting Hope: women taking action in prison health inside out Ruth Elwood, Mo Korchinski, Lynn Fels , Carl Leggo 2014
Addict in the Family: stories of loss, hope, and recovery Beverly Conyers 2003
Fighting for Space: how a group of drug users transformed one city’s struggle with addiction Travis Lupick 2017
Blue Dreams: the science and story of the drugs that changed our minds Lauren Slater 2018
Addiction Solution: treating our dependence on opioids and other drugs Lloyd I. Sederer 2018
American Fix: inside the opioid addiction crisis and how to end it Ryan Hampton 2018
Beyond Addictions: how science and kindness help people change Jeffrey Foote 2014
An Army of Problem Solvers: reconciliation and the solutions economy Shaun Loney before 2017
Firewater: how alcohol is killing my people (and yours) Howard R. Johnson 2016
Never Enough: the neuroscience and experience of addiction Judith Grisel 2019
Chasing the Scream: the first and last days of the war on drugs Johann Hari 2015
The Least of Us: true tales of America and hope in the time of Fentanyl and Meth Sam Quiones 2021
Drugs Without The Hot Air: minimizing the harms of legal and illegal drugs David Nutt 2012
What Good is God?: in search of a faith that matters Philip Yancey 2010
Psyched: seven cutting-edge psychedelics changing the world Amanda Siebert 2022
The Urge: our history of addiction Carl Erik Fisher 2022
This Naked Mind: Nicotine: the science-based method to reclaim your health and take control easily Annie Grace and William Porter 2022
This Naked Mind: control alcohol: find freedom, discover happiness & change your life Annie Grace 2018
The Globalization of Addiction: a study in poverty of the spirit Bruce K Alexander 2008
The Recovery: intoxication and its aftermath Leslie Jamison 2018
The Pornography Wars: the past, present, and future of America’s obscene obsession Kelsey Burke 2023
Overdose: heartbreak and hope in Canada’s opioid crisis Benjamin Perrin 2020
Indictment: the criminal justice system on trial Benjamin Perrin 2023
Un-Addiction: 6 mind-changing conversations that could save a life Nzinga Harrison, MD with Lynya Floyd 2024
Undoing Drugs: how harm reduction is changing the future of drugs and addiction Maia Szalavitz, Hachette, 2021
Undoing Drugs: how harm reduction is changing the future of drugs and addiction Maia Szlavitz Go hachette books, 2021
Memoirs Dealing with Addictions
Broken: my story of addiction and redemption William Cope Moyers 2006
Memoirs of an Addicted Brain: a neuroscientist examines his former life on drugs Marc Lewis, Ph.D. 2011
Blackout : remembering things I drank to forget Sarah Hepola 2015
Addiction – A Mother’s Story: my son’s descent into addiction and where it took us June Ariano-Jakes 2012
Wasted: an alcoholic therapist’s fight for recovery in a flawed treatment system Michael Pond and Maureen Palmer 2016
Dry: a memoir Augusten Burroughs 2004
God if You are Not Up There I’m F*cked Darrell Hammond 2011
Beautiful Boy: a father’s journey through his son’s addiction David Scheff 2007
Lit Mary Karr 2009
Being Flynn Nick Flynn 2010
Stoned Again: the high times and strange life of a drugs correspondent Mike Sager 2015(paperback)
Life Keith Richards 2010
Drunk Mom: a memoir Jowita Bydlowska 2013
Mayhem: a memoir Sigrid Rausing 2017
Love Works Like This: moving from one kind of life to another Lauren Slater 2002
Ninety Days: a memoir of recovery Bill Clegg 2012
Tweak: growing up on methamphetaminesNic Sheff 2008
We All Fall DownNic Sheff 2011
Long Way HomeCameron Douglas 2019
Inside Out: a memoir Demi Moore 2019
Love Warrior Glennon Doyle Melton 2016
If you love me: a mother’s journey through her daughter’s opioid addiction Maureen Cavanagh 2018
The Buddhist On Death Row: how one man found light in the darkest place David Scheff 2020
Trejo: my life of crime, redemption, and Hollywood Danny Trejo with Donal Logue 2021
A Crowbar in the Buddhist Garden: writing from prison Stephen Reid 2012
One Good Reason; a memoir of addiction and recovery, music and love Sean McCann with Andrea Aragon 2020
Original Sins: a memoir Matt Rowland Hill 2022
From the Ashes: my story of being Metis, homeless, and finding my way Jesse Thistle 2019
Hey, Good Luck Out There Georgia Toews 2022
So-Called Normal: a memoir of family, depression and resilience Mark Henick 2021
Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing: a memoir Matthew Perry 2022
In My Own Moccasins: a memoir of resilience Helen Knott 2019
Beautiful Things: a memoir Hunter Biden 2021
Hit So Hard: a memoir Patty Schemel with Erin Hosier 2017
North Wind Man Clarence Cachagee and Seth Ratzlaff 2023
Where I’m Calling From: new and selected stories Raymond Carver 1989
Here With You: a memoir of love, family, and addiction Kathy Wagner 2023
The Longest Road:to hell and back from addiction to advocacy Joe Calendino & Gary Little 2024
Crooked Smile: what it took to escape a decade of homelessness, addiction, & crime Jared Klickstein 2024
Reality Check: making the best of the situation Mike Sorrentino with Andy Symonds 2023
Unlocking the Tin Box Gwynne Hunt 2019
Through My Lens Gwynne Hunt 2021
First in the Family: a story of survival, recovery, and the American Dream Jessica Hoppe 2024
From Under the Truck: a memoir Josh Brolin 2024
For the Love Of a Son: a memoir of addiction, loss, and hope Scott Oake Simon & Schuster, 2025
Pothead: my life as a marijuana addict in the age of legal weed Central Recovery Press, 2020
The Outrun 2024 film based on the Amy Liptrot memoir
Apology to the Young Addict: a memoir Counterpoint, 2020
Mother Noise: a memoir Cindy House Scribner, 2022
HARD LESSONS FROM THE HURT BUSINESS: boxing and the art of life Ed Latimore, Portfolio/Penguin, 2025
I Married a Thrill-Seeker: a cautious wife’s memoir of her husband’s risk-taking and their long road to recovery Daniele Kaplan RE:Books, 2022
My Story Starts Here: voices of young offenders Deborah Ellis Groundwood Books House of Anansi Press, 2019
Window Shopping For God: a comedian’s search for meaning Deborah Kimmett Douglas & McIntyre, 2024
Strung Out: one last hit and other lies that nearly killed me: a memoir Erin Khar Park Row Books, 2020
Chancers: addiction, prison, recovery, love: one couple’s memoir Susan Stellin & Graham McIndoe Ballantine Books, 2016
Drugs, Lies, Docs: a doctor’s memoir of addiction, recovery and more I. Michael Kaufmann, MD I. Michael Kaufmann, 2024
bruises & bad haircuts Gwynne Hunt Gwynne Hunt, Penny-a-Line Promotions, 2011
Hunger: the poetry of Susan Musgrave Susan Musgrave WLU Press, 2025
The Tennis Partner Abraham Verghese Harper Perennial, 1998
Stray: a memoir Stephanie Danler Alfred A. Knopf, 2020
Unshaming: a memoir of recovery, relapse, and what comes after Jowita Bydlowska Signal, McClelland & Stewart, 2026
Neurodivergence
Broken Cord: a family’s ongoing struggle with Fetal Alcohol SyndromeMichael Dorris 1989
Beautiful Smiles, Gentle Spirits: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, a misunderstood problem Margaret A. Michaud & Sacha K. Michaud 2003
Trying Differently Rather than Harder: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Diane Malbin, MSW 2002
The Oasis Guide to Asperger Syndrome: advice, support, insight, and inspiration Patricia Romanowski Basue, Barbara L. Kirby 2005
FASD: unexpected journeys FASD Network 2015
Damaged Angels: a mother discovers the terrible cost of alcohol in pregnancy Bonnie Buxton 2004
Living with FASD: a guide for parents Sara Graefe 2004
The Burning: parenting my son through adoption, FASD, and suicide Ruth Spencer 2019
The Illustrated Guide to Dyslexia and its Amazing People Kate Power & Kathy Iwanczak Forsyth 2018
Understanding Dyslexia and Other Learning Disabilities Linda Siegel 2013
Overcoming Dyslexia 2nd ed. Sally Shaywitz, M.D. and Jonathan Shaywitz, M.D. Alfred A. Knopf, 2020
The Mislabeled Child: how understanding your child’s unique learning style can open the door to success Brock Eide, M.D. M.A, and Fernette Eide, M.D 2006
Dyslexia, Learning, and the Brain Roderick I. Nicholson and Angela J. Fawcett 2008
The Power of DIFFERENT: the link between disorder and genius Gail Saltz, M.D. 2017
A Radical Guide for Women with ADHD: embrace neurodiversity, live boldly and break through barriers Sari Solden, MS and Michelle Frank, PsyD 2021
Fish Don’t Climb Trees: a whole new look at Dyslexia Sue Blyth Hall 2014
The Gift of Dyslexia: why some of the smartest people can’t read … and how they can learn Ronald D. Davis with Eldon M. Braun 2010
Visual Thinking: the hidden gifts of people who think in pictures, patterns, and abstractions Temple Grandin 2022
ADHD 2.0: new science and essential strategies for thriving with distraction-from childhood through adulthood Edward M Hallowell, MD and John J Ratey, MD 2021
Divergent Mind: thriving in a world that wasn’t designed for you Jenara Nerenberg 2020
Parenting A Struggling Reader: a guide to diagnosing and finding help for your child’s reading difficulties Susan L Hall & Louisa C Moats, Ed.D 2002
My Dyslexia Philip Schultz 2011
NeuroTribes: the legacy of autism and the future of neurodiversity Steve Silberman 2015
The Mind’s Eye Oliver Sacks 2010
Fantastic Antone Succeeds!: experiences in educating children with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Edited by Judith Kleinfeld and Siobhan Westcott 1993
IQ: A Smart History of a Failed Idea Stephen Murdoch 2007
Ungifted: intelligence redefined Scott Barry Kaufman 2013
David and Goliath: underdogs, misfits, and the art of battling giants Malcolm Gladwell 2009
The Brain that Changes Itself: stories of personal triumph from the frontiers of neuroplasticity Norman Doidges 2015
Hidden Potential: the science of achieving greater things Adam Grant 2023
Parenting a Struggling Reader: a guide to diagnosing and finding help for your child’s reading difficulties Susan L. Hall & Louisa C. Moats, Ed.D. 2002
How to Thrive with Adult ADHD: seven pillars for focus, productivity & balance Dr. James Kustow 2024
Disability Visibility: first person stories for today Edited by Alice Wong 2021
The Learning Tree: overcoming learning disabilities from the ground up Stanley L. Greenspan, MD Nancy Thorndike Greenspan DA CAPO PRESS/LIFELONG BOOKS, 2010
My Brain is Different: stories of ADHD and other developmental disorders Monzusu Takeshobo Co., Ltd., 2020
I Don’t Do Disability and Other Lies I’ve Told Myself Adelle Purdham Dundurn Press, 2024
The Power of Neurodiversity: unleashing the advantages of your neurodivergent brain Thomas Armstrong, Phd balance, 2025
Parenting Dyslexia: a comprehensive guide to helping kids combat shame, build confidence, and achieve their true potential Lisa Rappaport, PhD, and Jody Lyons, MEd balance, 2025
Overcoming Dyslexia, 2nd ed. Sally Shaywitz, M.D. and Jonathan Shaywitz, M.D. Alfred A. Knopf, 2020
The Big Picture: rethinking dyslexia: the myths, the stigmas, the truths revealed docuramafilms, Cinedigma Canadian Entertainment Corp, Inc., 2013
A Different Way to Learn: neurodiversity and self-directed education Naomi Fisher Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2023
Changing Our Minds: how children can take control of their own learning Naomi Fisher Robinson, 2021
Spellbound: my life as a dyslexic wordsmith Phil Hanley Henry Holt and company, 2025
We Did OK, Kid: memoir Anthony Hopkins Thorndike Press, Gale A Cengage Company,2025
Unread: a memoir of learning (and unlearning) to read on TikTok Oliver James Union Square & Co, 2026
Dirty Laundry: why adults with ADHD are so ashamed and what we can do to help Richard Pink & Roxanne Emery Ten Speed Press, 2023
I Hate Reading: how to read when you’d rather not Beth Bacon, as told by her kids, Arthur & Henry Harper, 2017
The Best Minds: a story of friendship, madness, and the tragedy of good intentions Jonathan Rosen Penguin Press, 2023
Homelessness
Dirty Kids: chasing freedom with America’s Nomads Chris Urquhart 2017
Mental Health & Addiction Interventions for Youth Experiencing Homelessness: practical strategies for front-line providers Sean Kidd, Natasha Slesnick, Tyler Frederick, Jeff Karabanow, and Stephen Gaetz 2018
Street Stories: 100 years of homelessness in Vancouver Michael Barnholden & Nancy Newman 2007
The Librarian’s Guide to Homelessness: an empathy-driven approach to solving problems, preventing conflict, and serving everyoneRyan Dowd 2018
San Fransicko: why progressives ruin cities Michael Shellenberger 2021
The Glass Castle Jeannette Walls 2005
Runaway: diary of a street kid Evelyn Lau 2001
Rough Sleepers: Dr. Jim O’Connell’s urgent mission to bring healing to homeless people Tracy Kidder 2023
Hit So Hard: a memoir Patty Schemel 2017
A Knapsack Full of Dreams: memoirs of a street nurse Cathy Crowe 2019
These are addresses to websites, documentaries, movies that I have found worthwhile to my interests. I am only providing the link address, not activating them.
Julia Ivanova’s documentary: From Russia, For Love
knowadoption.com/from-russia-for-love/youtube.com/watch?r=ZDQxy4r7ZLE
Parents’ group for parents with children in trouble: parentsforever.ca
Parent activism for drug abuse: https://www.facebook.com/MomsStopTheHarm/
FASD group discussion: faslink@googlegroups.com acbr.com/FAS/faslink.htm
Jewelry with a message of hope in the symbol of the Tree of Life: www.facebook.com GoldenEagleGifts
The child trauma/resilience assessment:
The movie Blue Bayou with Justin Chon
On Putin’s Blacklist documentary directed by Boris Ivanov
http://parentingandattachment.com
bcadoption.com/resources/articles/adoption-friendly-family-trees