Adopt the Baby You Want

Guide, Self-Help, Adoption, Child Care, Manual, Handbook

With the demand for healthy babies far outstripping the supply, adoption can be a time-consuming, costly, and frustrating process. Nevertheless, thousands of successful adoptions occur each year, and Sullivan's guide will help ease the way for prospective adoptive parents. Sullivan, an adoption lawyer, covers both the emotional issues (e.g., "Why Do You Want To Adopt?") and practical matters such as choosing from a wide array of adoption services, applying to an agency, preparing for a home study, satisfying legal requirements, and dealing with birth parents. Sullivan concludes with a sample home study, an explanation of fee structures, an annotated information guide, and a glossary. In all, a valuable resource for public libraries. The book's promotional material noted that a state-by-state listing of information sources would be included; the final version of the book provides a contact address to get this information.
-Ed. --Jack Ray, Loyola/Notre Dame Lib., Baltimore
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