{"product_id":"a-child-in-the-middle-catherine-chanter-9781919624884","title":"A Child in the Middle","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Need. Crave. Fear. Lovely monosyllabic verbs which perch like hungry gulls on top of the iceberg floating in a cold sea.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdoption is a complex, challenging business. For those who are adopted, its emotional ramifications run deep, half-hidden or buried, a source of insecurity because questions remain unanswered and family photos are missing. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCatherine Chanter's \u003cem\u003eA Child in the Middle\u003c\/em\u003e does justice to the topic's tangled roots and the depth of feelings woven through them. A skilled professional who works with troubled children and sits on adoption panels, Catherine is herself adopted. Armed with decades of understanding and experience, at the age of fifty she embarks on an emotionally charged journey to find her own birth mother. And so, begins a detective story of false starts, hopeful leads, and blind alleys which take her to Ireland and Canada. We stay at her side as she speaks of her need to be whole and to know herself by knowing her parents and her past. Interleaved are delicate, poignant vignettes of her germinating, potting, and caring for foxglove seeds, the metaphor slipped in gracefully from chapter to chapter, season to season. The plants must put down roots and flourish. So must Catherine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is for everyone involved in the process of adoption professionals, adoptive parents, adopted children. It speaks to you all from a base of acknowledgement, wisdom and honesty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Well\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Half Sister.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Catherine Chanter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1919624880\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781919624884\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Linen Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/31\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 358\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.77lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.74d","brand":"Catherine Chanter","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44057751421183,"sku":"9781919624884","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bd8102c3-b969-4b86-82f2-f4b3266e0682.jpg?v=1685048694","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-child-in-the-middle-catherine-chanter-9781919624884","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}