Baby Boat: A Memoir of Adoption

by Patty Dann

The Baby Boat resonates with the joys and sorrows adoptive parents face. With dry humor and a quietly beautiful literary style, Patty Dann recounts the hurdles she and her husband encountered at every step during their journey to adopt a baby, from the endless waiting, through the heartbreaking loss of the infant girl who might have been their adoptive daughter, to their flight home from Lithuania with their son in their arms. As much an affecting love story as the poignant tale of one couples struggle to adopt, The Baby Boat captures the complex and subtle emotions of an adoptive parents experience.

Genres: Adoption, Nonfiction, Memoir, Biography

Paperback

First published January 1, 1998

About the author

I love talking with readers - for 1:1s and Book Club visits, find me on Skolay: www.skolay.com/writers/patty-dann

Reviews

[Riana · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a really quick read about one couples journey through an international adoption. It was really personal and interesting.

[Esther Carpenter · Rating 5 out of 5]

What an incredible way to describe the roller coaster of adoption! As an adoptive mother, I plodded up every hill and swooped down into every dark valley right along with the author. All the emotions... each argument, every longing and hope... and the beautiful fulfillment of all of those things! Ahh... so satisfying!

Well done, dear Patty, well done!