Karin Evans

We follow the author as she completes the paperwork, the wait, and the trip to China to adopt a baby girl. She also discusses the social, historical, political, religious, and economic conditions that brought China to where it is today that forces parents to make the horrific decision to abandon a child. A well-informed story done with compassion. Excellent for parents waiting for their referrals; good for friends and family to understand the process; those already home with their children can re-live their journey.… (més)

The author adopted an infant, and several years later a toddler, from China but wasn't content to leave unexamined the conditions that caused her daughters and thousands upon thousands of other small girls to be available for adoption. She takes a clear and honest look at the one-child policy, its intended and unintended consequences, and does not even avoid the question of the morality of the Chinese government essentially selling off its unwanted surplus girls. Leaving the story in 2000, when her adopted children were 4 and 6 years of age, the question of their eventual self identities as interracial adoptees and natives of China raised in the USA remains open. It would be interesting to know how that worked out for them.… (més)

Review-I thought that this book was going to be more about her experience with her daughter and less about what I already knew about the condiiton and treatment (ancient and current) of chinese females. I did enjoy reading about her adoption experience but I didnt like the 'history' she made up for her adopted child. It seemed like she had a small book with her exprience and her editor said 'Uh.. we need to beef this up" So she went and gathered facts about chinas history. Then the editor said" We still need more" So then as a filler she started to add this made up stuff about where she thinks her daughter came from , who her mother was blah blah blah...… (més)