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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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Abstract:
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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