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Introduction: Taking a Chance on the Pacific Northwest
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Patricia Susan Hart
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vi
- Preface xi
- Introduction: Taking a Chance on the Pacific Northwest 1
- 1. Seeking Alternatives to Institutional Care 12
- 2. Child Relinquishment: The Last Best Hope 36
- 3. Sorted, Boarded, and Reformed: Coming into the Care of WCHS 70
- 4. Completing God’s Plan and Competing Desires: Negotiating Adoptive Parenthood 103
- 5. Biology, Botany, and Belonging 129
- 6. Traveling Children: Placement, Re-placement, and Return 166
- Conclusion: A Home for Every Child: The Elusive Promise 191
- Appendix: Tables 1–19 207
- Notes 227
- Selected Bibliography 265
- Index 279
- Emil and Kathleen Sick Series in Western History and Biography 286
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vi
- Preface xi
- Introduction: Taking a Chance on the Pacific Northwest 1
- 1. Seeking Alternatives to Institutional Care 12
- 2. Child Relinquishment: The Last Best Hope 36
- 3. Sorted, Boarded, and Reformed: Coming into the Care of WCHS 70
- 4. Completing God’s Plan and Competing Desires: Negotiating Adoptive Parenthood 103
- 5. Biology, Botany, and Belonging 129
- 6. Traveling Children: Placement, Re-placement, and Return 166
- Conclusion: A Home for Every Child: The Elusive Promise 191
- Appendix: Tables 1–19 207
- Notes 227
- Selected Bibliography 265
- Index 279
- Emil and Kathleen Sick Series in Western History and Biography 286
