01827cam a2200313 4500 544131178 TxAuBib 20190807120000.0 140721s2015||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2014946461 9781782798361 1782798366 9781782798361 (OCoLC)900121400 YDXCP eng YDXCP rda OCLCQ BDX BTCTA OCLCQ EXR OCLCF DLC TxAuBib Merivale, Ann. Thicker than blood : a fresh look at adoption, fostering and step families / Ann Merivale. Winchester, UK : 6th Books, 2015. x, 367 pages ; 22 cm. Includes bibliographical references. "The author of this book is both an adoptive mother and a Deep Memory Process therapist, who has in her counselling practice encountered many cases of both adoptees and adopters. The result is a very broad-based book containing numerous fascinating stories of past-life family connections, indicating that everyone is in the family that they are in for a reason and that difficulties can stimulate spiritual growth. Fostering and step families also come under the same umbrella since similar difficulties can arise therein. The book can consequently be of use and interest to many different sorts of people, from those who were forced to give up a child to those who are wondering about the cause of problems that they are encountering."--Back cover. 20190807. Adoption. Foster children. Reincarnation. Stepchildren. https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1605/2014946461-b.html Contributor biographical information TXSTN