Orphan Care

At forty-five, Jane McArdle has experienced her share of life’s twists and turns. Yet she’s shaken by the sudden death of her estranged half sister and the news that she’s now the guardian of her orphaned niece, Lucy. Still nurturing unresolved grief from a marriage bookended by loss, as well as her guilt over her adult son’s imperfect upbringing, Jane is her own worst enemy, content to focus on her small Michigan farm. Now, confronted with a traumatized eleven-year-old, the prickly empty nester is thrust into motherhood again, unsure she’ll do any better this time.

If every war needs its master chronicler, Ukraine has Serhiy Zhadan, one of Europe’s most promising novelists. Recalling the brutal landscape of The Road and the wartime storytelling of A Farewell to Arms, The Orphanage is a searing novel that excavates the human collateral damage wrought by the ongoing conflict in eastern Ukraine.

The sweetest things are the most dangerous. Susan Crane grew up in foster homes, group homes, and borrowed bedrooms that were never intended to keep her. By fourteen, she understood the rules better than the adults around her: trust gets you hurt, attachment gets you abandoned, and survival means learning how to leave first. When she ages out onto the streets, Susan discovers the world outside the system follows the same rules. Predators look for weakness. Dealers look for usefulness. Everyone wants something. What nobody notices is that Susan is watching them back. Quiet, intelligent, and ...

Your church needs orphans as much as orphans need your church. Find out why and how you can get involved in Until Every Child Is Home.

Lara was seven when her birth mother died from a drug overdose. With no extended family to look after her, she was put into foster care. The care system failed Lara and now she is failing her son. Lara and her one-year-old son, Arthur, are brought to experienced foster carer, Cathy Glass, by...

Sarah Jennings knows there’s one place she can go to find some peace and quiet during her difficult divorce. But arriving at her beloved father’s home in the countryside, she finds him unwell and hunched over boxes of files, studying the records from Cedar Hall, the crumbling orphanage in town. He says that hidden behind the wrought iron gates and overgrown ivy are secrets about their family, and he asks for her help.

An epic account of one remarkable woman's quest for justice from the New York Times bestselling author of The Widow of the South and A Separate Country. In the years following the Civil War, Mariah Reddick, former slave to Carrie McGavock--the "Widow of the South"--has quietly built a new life...

Clara Newton is the new Housemother of Shilling Grange Orphanage. Many of the children have been bombed out of their homes and left without families, their lives torn apart by the war, just like Clara’s. Devastated by the loss of her fiancé, a brave American pilot, she is just looking for a place to start again. But the orphans are in desperate need of her help.

Jim Geraghty has been a passionate participant in the orphan drug revolution since its inception―a leader in the field as a strategy consultant, biotechnology executive, and venture entrepreneur. His book is in part a history, with eyewitness accounts of advances as they occurred and portraits of the pioneering scientists and physicians, tireless activists, and visionary business leaders who made the revolution happen. And it tells deeply personal stories of patients and parents willing to risk untried new therapies.

"How To Care For Your Newborn Goat Kids" will guide you through what you need to know, consider and prepare for, when preparing for kidding. What factors affect survival? Why is colostrum important? What should the kid's behaviour look like after birth? What are the procedures and practices needed? What about ear tagging? Looking after your newborn kid is important to get it off to a good start. Learning about what you need to think about and how to ensure success, is covered in this easy to read guide.

Child Protection Services have been involved with Billy and his mother for some time now. He has been happily settled in a kinship placement with his grandmother and enjoys his pet cat, interacting with neighbors, and even taking piano lessons. As the story unfolds, Billy's grandmother has unexpectedly passed away and so the story of Billy Had to Move begins. Unfortunately, Billy's mother cannot be located. Mr. Murphy, Billy's social worker, places him in the foster home of Amy, Tim, and their baby "Colly".

Mankind's first alien contact tears into Earth: Projectiles launched from Jupiter's moon, Ganymede, vaporize whole cities. Under siege, humanity gambles on one desperate counterstrike. In a spacecraft scavenged from scraps and armed with Vietnam-era weapons, foot soldiers like 18-year-old Jason Wander-orphans that no one will miss-must dare man's first interplanetary voyage and invade Ganymede. They have one chance to attack, one ship to attack with. Their failure is our extinction.

A Matter Of Survival elicits the story of two sisters, a Brownie, who is only seven, and a three year old, who survive a family accident on an early autumn Saturday morning. This occurs at a state park, which leaves the girls to fend for themselves for a day and a half before the accident is even discovered. There are many obstacles the girls must overcome beginning with the direction they must travel in an effort to find help for their parents.

Russell Maroni, an x-ray tech at Akron Children’s Hospital, wrote a journal detailing what he saw and what he experienced as a volunteer in Haiti in February 2010, after the devastating earthquake. The journal shares his first-hand experiences and photos, as taken by volunteers. The journal also shares some of the context for Russell’s use of the “Lean” methodology that was taught to him at Akron Children’s Hospital. We hope readers will donate to our selected Haiti charity partner, Friends of the Orphans, or to anybody who is helping in Haiti's recovery.

As snow begins to fall, and word reaches their town that the Red Army are approaching, German-born mother-of-two Emma knows she has no choice: She must pack their meagre belongings and leave their home, in search of safety. Even if safety is within Nazi Germany. But as the icy grip of winter tightens around them, her four-year-old son—her blue-eyed angel—Jacob becomes ill. Desperate for him to get well enough to continue their journey, she takes him to a hospital, where she hands him to a kind nurse. Then a terrible attack separates mother and son, and their lives change forever.

Lily's Story is about a little girl who is put in the foster care system. It portrays Lily's complex emotions as she is placed in a new home while continuing to miss her parents and dog. The book’s vision is to help kids who are also in foster care not feel alone. This book was created to spread awareness about foster care and to help children process their emotions.

A family attacked in Mexico City. All killed except for a young girl. She happens to be a friend and favorite of Dan Stone. It's personal, and now he’s out to make the perpetrators pay. Along the way, Dan unearths multiple conspiracies. Taking the bull by the horns, he does what he does best: bring the fight to the enemy up close and personal. Book nine in the Dan Stone Assassin series offers interweaving sub-plots and non-stop action as Dan wreaks havoc on those who dared to attack the ones he loves. The action runs from Mexico to D.C. as Dan pursues his enemies. Like Mitch Rapp on the loose.

Beloved author Lindsey Hutchinson is back with another novel of triumph over adversity set in the heart of a Black Country community. Perfect for fans of Josephine Cox and Lyn Andrews. Taken into service, orphan Lily Rae has heard all the stories about what entitled masters think their pretty maid's duties include. But when the very worst happens to her, she knows scrubbing the scullery floors of Ryder House no longer provides refuge from the sadistic Sebastian Ryder. Cold and alone, Lily makes for the town of Wednesbury, knowing she has only herself to rely on.....

When Emma leaves home, she doesn't know what is about to happen. What is "foster care", and what will happen to Emma? This book traces the story of a little girl as she leaves in a car, goes to respite, then to her long-term foster home. Once Emma is in her foster home, there are other adjustments, such as starting a new school and going to a new doctor and dentist. This book will help children understand the sequence of events that occurs when going into foster care and alleviate the anxiety of not knowing what to expect.

When Lisa Marsh reluctantly agrees to serve Thanksgiving dinner at the local community center, she’s not prepared for the chaos that ensues. Between the lively teenagers, fiercely independent veterans, eccentric seniors, and one particularly gruff homeless man named Pete, the evening spirals into a disaster. But when her best friend dares her to do more, Lisa accepts the challenge: she’s going to help Pete turn his life around—whether he likes it or not. Her plan? Simple: clean him up (starting with a shave), find him a job, and make him respectable. Pete, however, has no interest in ...