Adoption Journeys: Parents Tell Their Stories

by Carole S. Turner

Chronicles 11 stories of adoptive parents -- from married couples struggling with infertility, to single women, a gay couple, & foster parents -- all of them helping to reshape what ''family'' means today. Yearning parents follow varied paths to their adopted through U.S. adoption, through orphanages abroad, through foster care. But the search often presents thorny questions -- from practical to philosophical -- about race, money, power, prejudice, & social class. Poignant stories reveal the difficult but miraculous odysseys undertaken by adoptive parents, celebrate adoptive families, & dislodge lingering prejudices about adoption. ''A riveting set of stories.''

237 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1999