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Adoption nation : how the adoption revolution is transforming America

Author: Adam Pertman
Publisher: New York : Basic Books, ©2000.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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A journalist and adoptive father traces the evolution of adoption from an institution marked by shame and secrets to a powerful force of culture and social change.
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Adam Pertman
ISBN: 0465056512 9780465056514 0465056504 9780465056507
OCLC Number: 44045683
Description: xiii, 350 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Contents: Out of the shadows, into our lives --
A legal maze from coast to coast --
Joy and surprises from abroad --
Adoptees: the quest for identity --
Birth parents: a painful dilemma --
Adoptive parents: infertility begets a family --
Special needs, diverse families --
The money's the problem --
Old lessons for a new world.
Responsibility: Adam Pertman.
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A journalist and adoptive father traces the evolution of adoption from an institution marked by shame and secrets to a powerful force of culture and social change.

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