The Essential Adoption Handbook [Paperback]

Colleen Alexander-Roberts (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 1993

Understanding all the steps, paperwork, and legal requirements can make a difference between adopting now and adopting years from now.The Essential Adoption Handbook walks you through the entire process step by step, covering all types of adoption and the situations you may encounter. Filled with practical information, and writen in straightforward language, this is the definitive resource.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Part exhaustive resource guide and part indispensable road map of the labyrinthian adoption bureaucracy, the handbook is most effective when Alexander-Roberts dispenses the low-down on finding a baby. (New York Newsday )

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing (October 1, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0878338403
• ISBN-13: 978-0878338405
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,848,508 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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42 of 43 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book to jump-start your adoption, May 19, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The Essential Adoption Handbook (Paperback)

I read this book at the very beginning of my adoption research and it was an enormous help. It covers domestic, open and int'l adoption and has a great reference section. By the time I finished reading it, it looked like an old phone book, full of highlighted paragraphs, underlines and notes in the margins! It is an excellent book if you are just beginning the process, and have no idea of where to begin. I was clueless when I bought it, and now I have a beautiful daughter from Russia and this book really helped me get there.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Little Bit of Everything, April 13, 2004

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Robyn Chittister "rredhead" (Antioch, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Essential Adoption Handbook (Paperback)

I've been reading a lot of books about adoption lately, and what I liked about this one was the questions. The Essential Adoption Handbook includes lists of questions to ask yourself, your spouse, the agency, a birth mother, a social worker, and then includes lists of questions that they're all likely to ask you. I thought that there was a lot of information packed into this little book, and that its resources section was informative. If you're considering adoption and you don't know what to read, I'd definitely put this book in your shopping cart!