In this Issue

Table of Contents

On the Narcissism of Parenting: Adoption, Reality-Testing and the Limits of Imagination in Patrick Flanery's The Ginger Child and Doris Lessing's The Fifth Child

Julie Walsh
pp. 139-166
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/ado.2023.a918240
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"Peculiar Finalities": Blurring the Borders between Abduction and Adoption?

Alice Diver
pp. 167-195
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/ado.2023.a918241
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It's More Than Just Hair: Addressing the Cultural Needs of Black Girls in Foster Care

Lakindra Mitchell Dove
pp. 196-209
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/ado.2023.a918242
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"They Just Handed Me Somebody's Baby": Gay Foster Parents, Children with HIV-AIDS, and the "Colorblind" Family

Nora Kassner
pp. 210-230
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/ado.2023.a918243
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Conversations

A Conversation with Marina Fedosik

Marina Fedosik, Emily Hipchen
pp. 231-247
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/ado.2023.a918244
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A Conversation with Eric Walker

Eric Walker, Emily Hipchen
pp. 248-262
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/ado.2023.a918245
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Reviews

Fostering on the Farm: Child Placement in the Rural Midwest by Megan Birk (review)

Carma Corcoran
pp. 263-270
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/ado.2023.a918246
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We Were Once a Family by Roxanna Asgarian (review)

Janice Schroeder
pp. 270-275
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/ado.2023.a918247
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Adoption across Race and Nation: US Histories and Legacies ed. by Silke Hackenesch (review)

Kimberly D. McKee
pp. 275-277
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/ado.2023.a918248
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Deliberately Divided: Inside the Controversial Study of Twins and Triplets Adopted Apart by Nancy L. Segal (review)

Margaret Homans
pp. 277-283
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/ado.2023.a918249
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Contributor Notes

Contributor's Notes

pp. 284-285
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/ado.2023.a918250
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