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Adoption is currently taking centre stage in family policy in the UK and USA, with new legislation that places emphasis on providing and maintaining permanent family homes for children separated from their families of origin. This book explores the challenges of adoption and how best to support families coping with these demands. Angie Hart and Barry Luckock draw together adoptive parents' experiences, professional practice and empirical research to provide an integrative account of adoption support services. Using three fictional families, they illustrate issues such as the adoption of older...

It was supposed to be yet another hike along a nature trail. Tired of the confines of her apartment after a long day at work, Alice heads out for a walk. But instead of the usual birds and squirrels, this time she comes across Wendy Darling, a traveler from another world. And when she returns home, Alice asks to be taken along. She finds herself in a realm where Beauty has been cursed with ugliness for her vanity; where the "charming" Prince keeps a harem; where Little Red Riding Hood is a heartless assassin; where the mermaids will flirt and sing beautiful songs and then drag you to the...

Dominik is a Research Agent-- a worker tasked with cataloging cryptids and other supernatural creatures. But after he makes a horrific mistake on a case that results in twelve civilian deaths, he's assigned to work with a hunter, Danielle Belasco, who's less interested in writing about monsters and more interested in shooting them. While investigating the disappearance of a haunted young woman, they cross paths with a manipulative, charming graverobber; a curious tabloid reporter; and a former hunter who now provides a safe home for some of the less lethal cryptids.

Have you ever heard of the "ripple effect"? Have you ever considered that one selfish, stupid decision could change your family...your community...your whole life...forever? In this story, based on true-life events, Jake Adams discovers that his choices have unintended consequences-both for good and for evil. And through those choices, God displays how He weaves the threads of a life into a tapestry, working "all things together for good..".even selfish, stupid decisions. "Hell's Bend is a gripping, fast-paced story with clever plot twists and some surprising outcomes that entertain and...