The lucky ones : our stories of adopting children from China / edited by Ann Rauhala ; foreword by Jan Wong.
| Other author/creator | Rauhala, Ann. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Toronto : ECW Press, ©2008. |
| Description | xi, 203 pages : portraits ; 23 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Contributor biographical information |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
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| Contents | As Traditional as a Child / Tess Kalinowski 7 -- Tumbling Down / Patricia Hluchy 15 -- Double Happiness / Evan Solomon 23 -- At Lingyin Si / Susan Olding 31 -- This Child of Mine / Denise Davy 53 -- Two Boys, Two Girls / Sonja Smits 65 -- About Margaret / Havard Gould 71 -- This Baby's Going to Fly / Ann Rauhala 77 -- Carry Me / Jasmine Akbarali 85 -- An Arranged Family / Julie Chan 89 -- Hua Jun Gets Daddy / Douglas Hood 97 -- Words Fail / Margaret Lawson 103 -- At Home in a Small Town / Heidi Hatch 109 -- Bullets on the Bund: An Excerpt / Steve Whan 119 -- Why Not an Egg? / Shelley Page 125 -- Out of the Mouths of Babies / Lilian Nattel 137 -- "Face Your Fortune Bravely" / Sarah Giddens 143 -- Nice and Warm / Cindy Boates 155 -- A Month in Beijing / Glen McGregor 165 -- Just Known as Me / Jasmine Bent 173 -- A Long Way from Hunan / Lia Calderone 177 -- Our Silk Road / Douglas Hood 183. |
| Abstract | From the early stages of the adoption process to bringing the child back home, this collection of personal stories reveals why parents who have adopted children from China feel - despite the challenges they've enduredtruly lucky. In one account, a woman contemplates her daughter's lost heritage during a visit to a Chinese fertility temple; in another, a mother of Chinese descent reflects on the striking connections between her grandmother and her adopted daughter. One mother explores loss and grief among those who are abandoned, while another parent contemplates her child's inevitable difficulty learning English after hearing only Mandarin. A father creates an imaginary world for his daughters by writing stories about a girl detective solving crimes in Shanghai, and a single professional woman discusses how her daughter filled a void in her life. The memoirs are organized by the experience: starting with infertility then realizing a unique destiny - turning bleak beginnings into happy endings. |
| LCCN | 2008411361 |
| ISBN | 9781550228236 |
| ISBN | 1550228234 |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Joyner | General Stacks | HV875.7.C6 L83 2008 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |