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Synopsis
This practical, wise, and encouraging book contains all the information a couple or an individual needs to investigate adoption alternatives and arrange for and complete a successful adoption. Beginning with a broad overview of options for both domestic and foreign adoption, the author provides details about agencies, home studies, paperwork, and legal issues. She goes on to cover procedures for agency and independent adoptions as well as concerns about intercountry adoption, special-needs children, preparing for a child's arrival, and longer term questions about raising an adoptive family. This new edition includes completely updated listings of nearly a thousand domestic agencies, along with names and addresses of parent groups, exchanges, and public service offices. Also inculded are key domestic agencies handling adoptions of foreign-born children, all-new information about open adoption and the many new and emerging adoption practices, and a diverse bibliography of recommended reading.
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Review
While it is impossible to predict where anyone's adoption journey will end, it is easy to suggest where that quest should begin: right here, with this book. Jill Smolowe, author of" An Empty Lap "Lois Gilman has concisely compiled a wealth of essential information for prospective parents in a book that is not only readable but a valuable reference. Lois Melina, author of" Raising Adopted Children" and" Making Sense of Adoption "Lois Gilman hasn't missed a thing in this comprehensive, informative and well-organized source of information." Ours "A resource guide, indeed: very much attuned to today's adoption [needs]... Gilman's optimistic outlook, her specific advise and cautions, and her extensive listings...gives childseekers every possible advantage." Kirkus Reviews ""While it is impossible to predict where anyone's adoption journey will end, it is easy to suggest where that quest should begin: right here, with this book."Jill Smolowe, " An Empty Lap"
About the Author
Lois Gilman is the author of The New York Parents book and a freelance journalist writing on adoption, parenting, and other topics. She is the adoptive mother of Seth, who was born in Chile, and Eve, who was born in South Korea. She and her family live in Mount Kisco, New York.
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- ISBN 10 0060153407
- ISBN 13 9780060153403
- BindingHardcover
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