Adoption & fosterhem

En ny chans - med tvång De vanartiga flickorna skulle med hjälp av utbildning, bildning, arbete och straff formas till goda medborgare. Detta är berättelsen om flickorna på Lingatans skyddshem i Lysekil med nationellt intag. Boken bygger på arkivh...

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"Jag är född i Brasiliens vildmark och bodde i en grotta tills jag var ungefär fem år gammal. Därefter flyttade min mamma och jag in till en av São Paulos många kåkstäder - en rent livsfarlig miljö för ett barn att växa upp i. Jag fick tidigt...

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Vad hände med barnen? avslutar Eva F Dahlgrens tematiska trilogi om människors värde under 1900-talets första hälft.

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Gud hjälpe Finlands mödrar, hur ska vi orka detta krig? Marja-Riita, någonstans i den finländska landsbygden, 1941. Under andra världskriget skickades omkring 70 000 finska krigsbarn till Sverige. Det innebar att hundratu...

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"Grills gedigna granskning är oerhört imponerande. Boken är fantastiskt bra, helt unik i sitt slag. Helhetsbetyg: 5." BTJ "Grill närmar sig förloppet med professionens krav på saklighet och opartiskhet och samtidigt med starkt mänsk...

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Ämnet adoption är aktuellt och har debatterats flitigt sedan 2018 när SVT rapporterade misstankar om stulna barn från Chile som adopterats till Sverige. Just nu pågår en utredning om adoptionsverksamheten i Sverige från 1960-talet och fr...

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The 32nd fostering memoir from international bestseller Cathy Glass Struggling to cope with three young children, Janie turns to experienced foster carer Cathy Glass. Helping the family each morning, Cathy soon uncovers how dangerous their situati...

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” Adoptionerna  är en lysande reportagebok" Sydsvenskan "--- läsningen är smärtsam men också nödvändig." Borås Tidning  " Adoptionerna är en utomordentligt viktig g...

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"Grills gedigna granskning är oerhört imponerande. Boken är fantastiskt bra, helt unik i sitt slag. Helhetsbetyg: 5." BTJ Femårige John Walters liv slutar en sommardag 2021 när han drunknar i en å utanför det tillfälliga hem där socialtjänsten har...

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Under 1960-talet rasar en adoptionsdebatt i Sverige. Debattörer från vänster till höger ser adoption som ett led i att öka mångfalden, medan myndigheterna varnar för "rasblandning". Adopterad: En bok om Sveriges sista rasdebatt är berätt...

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The heartbreaking true story of a young, troubled mother who needed help. The sixteenth fostering memoir by Cathy Glass. It is the first time Laura has been out since the birth of her baby when Cathy sees her in the school playground. A joyful occ...

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Damian longs for home, but one man stands in his way Damian is just seven when he is taken in by foster carer Cathy Glass. His mother, Rachel, loves her three young children dearly, but she is vulnerable, naive and unable to cope on her own. Cathy...

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Cruel To Be Kind is the true story of Max, aged 6. He is fostered by Cathy while his mother is in hospital with complications from type 2 diabetes. Fostering Max gets off to a bad start when his mother, Caz, complains and threatens Cathy even befo...

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A MAJOR AMAZON PRIME TV SERIES'Just read it . . . Outstanding' Matt Haig'To say I love this book is an understatement . . . It moved me to tears' Reese Witherspoon'Beautifully written, completely charming, and extremely wise on the subject of adol...

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What could cause a mother to believe that giving away her newborn baby is her only option? Cathy Glass is about to find out. From author of Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller Damaged comes a harrowing and moving memoir about tiny Harrison,...

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Aged nine Joss came home from school to discover her father's suicide. She's never gotten over it. This is the true story of Joss, 13 who is angry and out of control. At the age of nine, Joss finds her fathers dead body. He has committed...

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The latest title from the internationally bestselling author and foster carer Cathy Glass. Beth is a sweet-natured child who appears to have been well looked after. But it isnt long before Cathy begins to have concerns that the relationship betwee...

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Angie, 6, and sister Polly, 4, are utterly distraught when they arrive to stay with foster carer Cathy Glass. Their older half-sister Ashleigh has accused their father of something horrible, and the two young sisters have been removed from home to...

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Million-copy bestselling author Cathy Glass tells the story of Dawn, a sweet and seemingly well-balanced girl whose outward appearance masks a traumatic childhood of suffering at the hands of the very people who should have cared for her. Dawn was...

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In her new book, Cathy Glass, the no.1 bestselling author of Damaged, tells the story of the Alice, a young and vulnerable girl who is desperate to return home to her mother. Alice, aged four, is snatched by her mother the day she is due to arrive...

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Little Jamey, 2 years old, is placed with experienced foster carer, Cathy Glass, as an emergency. The police and social services have no choice but to remove two-year-old Jamey from home after his mother leaves him alone all night to go out partyi...

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A new memoir from Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author Cathy Glass. When Cathy receives a call about a terminally ill widower terrified of leaving his son all alone in the world, she is wracked with sadness and indecision. Can she ri...

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The true story of 2 year-old Anna, abandoned by her natural parents, left alone in a neglected orphanage. Elaine and Ian had travelled half way round the world to adopt little Anna. She couldnt have been more wanted, loved and cherished. So why wa...

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Like many adopted people, filmmaker Barbara Sumner yearned to know who her mother was. New Zealand's closed adoption laws made that almost impossible and coloured her chaotic adolescence and adult life. When she finally tracked her mother down, a ...

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A Forever Families Collection from Mills & BoonA collection of romance stories from Mills & Boon on adoption and happy ever after?Including the titles:A Forever Family: His Unexpected FamilyA Forever Family: Their Miracle ChildA Forever Family: Fa...

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Social workers are constantly making decisions under pressure. How do policy, law, research and theory influence what they do? This important book provides the answers with a crystal-clear map of the field of social work with children and families...

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From the Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author comes the poignant and shocking memoir of Cathys recent relationship with Tayo, a young boy she fosters whose good behaviour and polite manners hide a terrible past. Tayo arrives at Cathy...

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Samtidigt som det moderna välfärdssamhället grundläggs, pågår en omfattande fosterbarnsindustri i Sverige. "Oäkta" barn säljs till lägstbjudande på auktion fram till 1918, utnyttjas som arbetskraft eller vanvårdas till döds. Parallellt med detta s...

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This important book offers unique insight into the experience of foster youth from 27 countries around the world. It provides a systematic review of literature reporting the experiences of youth in care, addressing a wide range of key topics in th...

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"Grills gedigna granskning är oerhört imponerande. Boken är fantastiskt bra, helt unik i sitt slag. Helhetsbetyg: 5." BTJ "Grill närmar sig förloppet med professionens krav på saklighet och opartiskhet och samtidigt med starkt mänskligt patos. Att...

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