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Author Moody, Anne, author.

Title The children money can buy : stories from the frontlines of foster care and adoption / Anne Moody.

Publication Info. Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2018]

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  362.733 MOODY    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  362.733 MOODY    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  362.733 MOO    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  362.73 MOODY    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  362.733 MOODY    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  362.734 MOODY    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  362.73 MOO    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  362.734 MOODY    Check Shelf
 Simsbury Public Library - Non Fiction  362.733 MOODY    Check Shelf
Description vi, 260 pages ; 24 cm
Note Includes index.
Contents Introduction -- Foster care -- Why do I want this job? -- Service plans -- Who are these parents and children? -- Foster home highs and lows -- The cycle of dysfunction -- Boy troubles -- Termination of parental rights -- Making my escape -- Agency adoption -- The home study process -- Adoption is the good thing that happens -- Adoption disruptions -- "Doing good" isn't always good -- The need for open adoption -- Finding just the right home -- Adoptive parenthood and sisterhood -- Children are exactly who they are meant to be -- How to talk about adoption -- A homeland tour : honoring your child's heritage -- A sister's journey of the heart -- Awkward (and worse) encounters for adoptive families -- Jocelyn¿s birth mother -- Adoption connections -- Our own adoption agency -- Birth parent counseling etiquette -- Two open adoptions -- Choosing an adoptive family -- Money matters -- Scammers -- Can foster care and adoption work together? -- Changes -- A battle for gay adoption -- Baby brokers -- The ethics of international adoption -- The ethics of foster care -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements.
Subject Foster home care -- United States.
Adoption -- United States.
Adoption. (OCoLC)fst00797076
Foster home care. (OCoLC)fst00933198
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
United States.
Other Form: Online version: Moody, Anne. Children money can buy. Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2018] 9781538108031 (DLC) 2017037267
ISBN 9781538108024 hardcover ; alkaline paper
153810802X hardcover ; alkaline paper
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