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The Adoptee's Journey: From Loss and Trauma to Healing and Empowerment
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General ChristianityGeneral SociologyPregnancy & Adoption
Publisher Price: $21.99
ISBN13: 9781514007044
Publisher: IVP
Published: Jun 4 2024
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.65
Height: 0.70 Width: 5.30 Depth: 8.10
Language: English
Adoption is often framed by happy narratives, but many adoptees struggle with unaddressed trauma. Narrating his own and other adoptees' complex stories, counselor Cameron Lee Small unpacks the history of adoption and the church's influence, helping adoptees regain their agency and identity on a journey of integration and healing.
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