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Author
Publisher
Morgan James Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
208 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Dispelling the myth that you are alone, Open-Eyed Adoption takes a look at the importance of self-kindness and shows the way to get the support you need. Revealing interviews--from doctors, therapists, adoptive parents, adult adoptees, and birth moms--shed light on the origins of trauma, how different DNA really does have an affect, and the affect of hidden emotions like "Will you leave, too? Is there something I could finally push you away? If my...
4) How to find a four-leaf clover: what Autism can teach us about difference, connection, and belonging
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown Spark
Pub. Date
2024
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
ix, 270 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
A special-education teacher with thirty years of experience working with autistic people gives readers a deeper understanding of and appreciation for the neurodiverse community and looks at ways we can develop more meaningful connections with others.
Author
Publisher
Soft Skull
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
292 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Taking the form of a self-directed research project, Sycamore recounts the legacy of her fraught relationship with her late grandmother, an abstract artist from Baltimore who encouraged Mattilda as a young artist, then disparaged Mattilda's work as "vulgar" and a "waste of talent" once it became unapologetically queer. As she sorts through her grandmother Gladys's paintings and handmade paperworks, Sycamore examines the creative impulse itself. In...
Author
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
Paperback edition.
Physical Desc
39 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Divorce is a difficult topic for any parent or educator to explain to a child, perhaps even more so when the child has Autism Spectrum Disorder or other special needs. This book is designed specifically to help children with these additional needs to understand what divorce means. Using a question and answer format, it explores the changes and feelings a child may experience during a divorce, and provides ideas to help cope with this life change....
Author
Publisher
Zibby Books
Language
English
Description
For Julie, an elementary school librarian and mother of two boys, there was no time for debilitating anxiety. Yet the terrifying aftershocks of her first panic attack left her grappling with questions about the causes of her mental health crisis and where it would lead next. What follows is a hopeful, honest account of love and loss, a husband who can't read minds, disastrous family outings, and finding a path (with help from loved ones and a few...
Author
Publisher
Free Spirit Publishing Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
Updated edition
Physical Desc
242 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"This positive, straightforward book offers kids with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) their own comprehensive resource for both understanding their condition and finding tools to cope with the challenges they face every day"--
Author
Publisher
Harvest Kids, Harvest House Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
"This children's picture book follows a sibling of a child with a disability as the kids go through their daily routine. A simple story with an important message, 'Like Me' helps kids recognize the many similarities they share with disabled kids and model a loving and understanding approach to the differences."
Publisher
Hallmark Channel
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (84 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Three brothers are surprised when they find themselves forced to care for a baby during the holidays, during the journey they begin to rebuild their relationships as brothers while rediscovering their love for Christmas.
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
x, 289 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Annie Liontas suffered multiple concussions in her thirties. In Sex with a Brain Injury, she writes about what it means to be one of the "walking wounded," facing her fear, her rage, her physical suffering, and the effects of head trauma on her marriage and other relationships. Forced to reckon with her own queer mother's battle with addiction, Liontas finds echoes in their pain. Liontas weaves history, philosophy, and personal accounts to interrogate...
Author
Publisher
Mariner Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
vi, 250 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In 2019, a Pulitzer Prize-winning war correspondent who reported in over 150 countries, many in violent upheaval, was diagnosed with a fatal brain tumor, which gave him the strength to face more personal conflicts, in this unforgettable final dispatch that reveals how facing the unknown can change our relationship to the world around us.
Author
Publisher
Tin House
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First US edition.
Physical Desc
225 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Two parents stand by powerlessly as their only child seems intent on destroying herself. As the mother--a novelist--attempts to understand her daughter, she finds herself revisiting her own uneasy, unresolved relationship with her mother. Weaving between childhoods past and present, laced with temptation and betrayal, Nonfiction: A novel is an unflinching account of a mother, daughter, wife, and author reckoning with the world around her. But can...
Author
Publisher
Convergent
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xviii, 231 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"An unforgettable memoir about a girl who escapes her childhood as a preschool drug dealer to earn a divinity degree from Duke University-and then realizes she must confront her past to truly find her way home. "Home, it turns out, is where the war is. It's also where the healing begins." Born to drug-dealing parents in rural Indiana, Dana Trent is a preschooler the first time she uses a razor blade to cut up weed and fill dime bags for her schizophrenic...
Author
Publisher
Top Shelf Productions
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
171 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"When university biologist Anne Marbot learns that the 19-year-old she raised as "Lucie" is a transgender man named Alex, she's overwhelmed by questions. How can this be? Who put these ideas in your head? What if you regret it? Am I overreacting? How will your grandparents react? Why didn't I see it coming? Why is this so easy for others? Am I a bigot? What does gender really mean, anyway? How can I be the parent my child needs? It soon becomes clear...
Author
Publisher
Beacon Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
xiii, 194 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"In "You Should Be Grateful," Tucker centers the experiences of adoptees to share deeply personal stories, well-researched history, and engrossing anecdotes from mentorship sessions with adopted youth. These perspectives challenge the fairy-tale narrative of adoption, giving way to a fuller story that explores the impacts of racism, classism, family, love, and belonging"--
Tucker is grateful for many aspects of her life, but being a Black woman adopted...
Series
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (153 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
日本語
Description
Investigative filmmaker Yuko is putting together a piece about the bereaved families connected with a bullied schoolgirl's suicide. Determined to shed light on the truth, Yuko's uncompromising nature brings her into conflict with the conservative-minded management at her television network but succeeds in getting her interview subjects to place their trust in her. Then Yuko discovers that her father, Masashi, who runs a test prep school, has made...
Author
Series
Publisher
Mad Creek Books, an imprint of The Ohio State University Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
154 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A memoir about a daughter trying to understand her father's genius, mental illness, violence, and past. Touches on Japanese culture, immigration, racism, WWII, and the Asian American experience"--
Author
Publisher
Simon Element
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First Simon Element hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
x, 333 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Compassionate, groundbreaking, and urgently needed, Stand By Me provides caregivers with new ways to juggle the responsibilities and emotional ups and downs of caregiving. As the founder of the only devoted Caregivers Clinic in the country, clinical psychologist Dr. Allison Applebaum is no stranger to the intensity of being an unpaid, untrained family caregiver. She also understands that it is often the strength and well-being of these very caregivers-the...
Author
Publisher
The Experiment
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
[Revised edition].
Physical Desc
245 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"For fans of Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?, a poignant, stirring graphic memoir--both heartbreaking and darkly funny--that perfectly captures the grief, nostalgia, and chaos of traveling home to care for an elderly parent in crisis" -
What do you do when your mother can't remember who you are? You catch the first flight from your adopted home of London to your original hometown of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where she's hospitalized, injured,...
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