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Series
Pub. Date
2007
Description
Two years after the death of her husband, Missie knows that it is time to move on. She heads home with her son to be near her parents and to return to teaching. Certain she will never find love again, Missie redirects her feelings and when the "orphan train" arrives in town, she adopts Belinda, a feisty young teenager who's arrived with a secret. As Missie struggles with raising Belinda, she finds she is falling for the local sheriff who might be...
Series
Description
Two years after the death of her husband, Missie knows that it is time to move on. She heads home with her son to be near her parents and to return to teaching. Certain she will never find love again, Missie redirects her feelings and when the "orphan train" arrives in town, she adopts Belinda, a feisty young teenager who's arrived with a secret. As Missie struggles with raising Belinda, she finds she is falling for the local sheriff who might be...
Author
Pub. Date
2003.
Description
"An adoptive mother draws on her own experiences, extensive research, and interviews with adoptive families, grown adoptees, and professionals to create a memorable collection of practical tips and real-life stories for anyone who's adopting, or hopes to adopt, an older child."
Author
Pub. Date
[2011]
Description
Fasten Your Sweet Belt is a must read for any adoptive parent. Using personal stories, firsthand accounts from adopted children and refreshing humor, the author and her daughter dispense insightful wisdom on the do's and don'ts of the journey of building a family through older child adoption.
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