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| The Lost Daughters of China: Abandoned Girls, Their Journey to America, and the Search for a Missing Past by Karin Evans Editorial Review Amazon.com The Lost Daughters of China is that rare book that can be many things to different people. Part memoir, part travelogue, part East-West cultural commentary, and part adoption how-to, Karin Evans's book is greater than the sum of its parts. Evans weaves together her experience of adopting a Chinese infant with observations about Chinese women's history and that country's restrictive, if unevenly enforced, reproductive policies. She and her husband adopted Kelly Xiao Yu in 1997, and anyone curious about adopting from a Chinese orphanage--which houses girls and disabled boys--will learn about the mechanics and the emotional freight of the two-year process. Borrowing an image from Chinese folklore, Evans conveys herself, her husband, and their daughter as tethered by a red string that yoked them across an ocean and an equally awesome cultural divide. Attaching in Adoption: Practical Tools for Today's Parents by Deborah D. Gray Editorial Review Amazon.com Proper attachment is the most fundamental issue in a successful adoption, but what exactly does the term mean? Attaching in Adoption answers that question thoroughly, and it provides solutions to a variety of specific attachment problems. Along with technical explanations of challenges such as self-esteem, childhood grief, and limit-testing, the book includes a tremendous number of personal vignettes illustrating attachment-related situations. Parents who are convinced that only their child has ever behaved a certain way are sure to take comfort in these stories; not only do they include kids from all backgrounds and age groups, but each has an ultimately happy ending. The emotional health of the whole family is also paramount according to the book--with plenty of rest and "alone time," caregivers are more likely to be emotionally available when they are most needed. Because Attaching in Adoption focuses on special needs, families who are coming together through foster programs, at later ages, or across cultural lines will find it especially helpful. Both psychologically detailed and straightforwardly helpful, it can be of equal benefit to counselors and parents alike. --Jill Lightner Being Adopted: The Lifelong Search for Self by D. Brodzinsky, PhD et al Child of My Heart: A Celebration of Adoption by Barbara Alpert Does Anybody Else Look Like Me? Donna Jackson Nakazawa How it Feels to be Adopted by Jill Krenentz How to Raise An Adopted Child by Judith Schaffer, Christina Lindstrom Journey of the Adopted Self by Jean Lifton Keys to Parenting An Adopted Child by Kathy Lancaster Primal Wound-Understanding the Adopted Child by Nancy Verrier Making Sense of Adoption: A Parent's Guide by Lois Ruska Melina Melanie and Me by Terry Garlock Raising Adopted Children by Lois Ruskai Melina Toddler Adoption by Mary Hopkins-Best 20 Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew by S. Eldridge The Waiting Child: How the Love of One Child... by Cindy Champnella A Passage to the Heart: Writings from Families with Children from China WuHu Diary by Emily Parger --Submitted by Tracie Linne Love's Journey - Available from Love Without Boundaries.com - It is a wonderful collection of journal entries and tons of pictures of beautiful children who were adopted from China recently. --Submitted by Tracie Linne |
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