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Alexandra Aldrich, a direct descendant of the famous Astor dynasty, grew up in the servants' quarters of Rokeby, the forty-three-room Hudson Valley mansion built by her ancestors. Her childhood was one of bohemian neglect and real privation. But it was fairly stable until the summer of her tenth...

Opium's Orphans is the first full history of drug prohibition and the "war on drugs." A no-holds-barred but balanced account, it shows that drug suppression was born of historical accident, not rational design. The war on drugs did not originate in Europe or the United States, and even less with President Nixon, but in China. Two Opium Wars followed by Western attempts to atone for them gave birth to an anti-narcotics order that has come to span the globe. But has the war on drugs succeeded?

Orphans of Empire tells the story of what happened to the thousands of children who were raised at the London Foundling Hospital, Coram's brainchild, which opened in 1741 and grew to become the most famous charity in Georgian England. It provides vivid insights into the lives and fortunes of London's poorest children, from the earliest days of the Foundling Hospital to the mid-Victorian era, when Charles Dickens was moved by his observations of the charity's work to campaign on behalf of orphans.

Sabine Heinlein spent almost a year reporting at "The Farm", a program for mental patients at the notorious Creedmoor Psychiatric Center in Queens. Originally designed to teach its "members" confidence and skills by caring for animals and plants, the Farm had long become a dysfunctional hoarder's den. The patients sat idly on chairs in a grimy dayroom filled with the therapist's "collectibles" and garbage.

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This "wise and caring book" (Library Journal) is a guide to understanding and coping with grief and all of the disorienting emotions that accompany the death of our parents. Losing our parents when we ourselves are adults is in the natural order of things, a rite of passage into true adulthood...

Today's society doesn't like to acknowledge trauma. As a result, it perpetuates from one generation to the next. From adoption, abandonment, neglect, sexual abuse, incarceration to so much more, we are telling our stories.

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He was the boy they thought they could save. Jennifer and Robbie Tower opened their home — and their hearts — to a teenage orphan from Ukraine, believing love could undo the damage of his past. Now that same boy, Dima Tower, stands accused of brutally murdering them both inside their Florida home. Welcome to Evil Orphan: The Dima Tower Trial — a Hidden Killers special investigation. Hosted by Tony Brueski, this podcast follows the shocking case unfolding in North Port, Florida, where prosecutors allege that Tower slaughtered his adoptive parents, fled in their car, and led police on...

"North Korean Defector Surfaces in Pyongyang, Saying He Tried to Abduct Orphans" is from the July 15, 2016, World section of The New York Times. It was written by Choe Sang Hun and narrated by Corey M. Snow.

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 situation has truly become. Riley and his two little...

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 sets about helping Damian overcome his...

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...

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.