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Child of My Heart: A Celebration of Adoption

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This book is full of very short, most just a page or a little more, happy adoption stories. After reading each little story I felt like, "Is that it?" I really wanted to know more. If you're looking for easy-light reading that will make you feel good, then this is the book for you. If you are interested in more indepth stories or issues surrounding adoption, then this book will probably disapoint you.

My husband and I have reached the end of our infertility journey and are seriously considering adoption. This book has been a real inspiration to me! I am buying several copies to give as gifts to friends who have already adopted. You realize when you read the book that the parents are "saved" just as much as the children by the experience of adoption. I just loved this book!

Felt this book was a wonderful way for people to hear about the adoption stories that don't go wrong. Since I am one of the birthmother's in these stroies, it was important for me to see some representation that didn't make all birthparents out to be big monsters. Some are very caring individuals who only want what's best for their child. And I am one of those. Love you Peggy. Marie

I adopted my daughter a little over a year ago and felt the comments in this book were very relevant. The various comments cross all boundries of race, age, and sex. This book supports families of all kinds and illustrates how precious family is. It also contains many great ideas of how to preserve the memories you are making with your child as well as illustrates how much of you your child will remember as they grow older. I recommend this book to all types of families.

A truly heartwarming book that will touch you, whether you have had an adoption experience or not. Even in the shortest stories, you can feel the love, and heartbreak sometimes, in all of the lives, in all of the families. You will not be surprised to find tears in your eyes after reading just the first few pages. If ever anyone needed an affirmation of the true meaning of adoption, this is it!

This is a wonderful book. I had the pleasure of "meeting" one of the submitters in this book, Dayna, on-line while we both were waiting to travel to China to bring our Cardio-daughters home, her Joy & my Hope. Dayna has recently been bless with a Bio-child who she has named Faith.

There are many names that you will recognize in this book, including Magic Johnson, Mia Farrow, and many more from AOL's Adoption Forum, and from the China Adoption listserves: APC & PAC.

These stories will bring a tear to your eye and a smile to your heart - a heart that carried our children, a heart that carried my Cardio-child Hope.

I found this book in the first months after adopting our infant son. I already had lots of heady academic references to "help" us through the whole adoption process, but this proved to be the one I kept on hand in those busy, hectic first days of parenthood. When I was just too tired to read anything of real substance, I could chew on a couple of these uplifting stories and feel so reaffirmed about our decision and our new life. Even on the most exhausting of days, I found it difficult to put this book down and dreaded the inevitable moment when I knew I would finish it.

This is a great book for everyone, and I'm not just saying that because I was a contributer. Buy several copies of this book, because you'll want to give one to everyone you know: those who are considering adopting, or have, or are adopted. But more than just a "celebration of adoption", it's a celebration of the family and its love.Quotes from the famous will interest you, but it's the not-so-famous who will touch you. Thank you, Barbara, for allowing me to be a part of this project.