An Unlit Path [Hardcover]

Deborah L Hannah (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 6, 2006

What happens when love is not enough? A true story of one family's journey, although tragic, it raises awareness to the inherent risks and rewards of adoption and foster care.

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 272 pages
• Publisher: Xulon Press (October 6, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1600344852
• ISBN-13: 978-1600344855
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.7 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (35 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,249,145 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Unlit Path, March 8, 2007

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Nancy E. Deren - See all my reviews
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One of the best and most meaningful books I have ever read. The faith, honesty, and humility with which it is written is awe-inspiring. The author describes her family's painful journey through fostering and adopting "hard-to-place" children and how her faith helped her through the turmoil of living with children who were deeply damaged by abuse. As a fellow adoptive mother of a severely abused, special needs child, so much of this book resonates and touches me. The ways that the author's faith sustains her, especially through her dreams, are deeply moving to me and are a reminder that all our attempts at serving God are meaningful.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Must read for anyone considering adoption!, June 7, 2007

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M. Roberts (Central Illinois) - See all my reviews
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I couldn't put this book down! As a foster parent for 14 years and an adoptive mom of 6, I found this book to be thought provoking, reaffirming and truthful. I, like the Hannah's, went into fostering thinking it would be a great way to help children in need and also found that love was not enough. This book really spoke to me and it really helps to know you aren't alone in having faced these kinds of problems. I would recommend this to anyone considering older child adoption because these problems are prevalent (although not always to the degree that the Hannahs faced) and you need to go into it with your eyes wide open. There are significant ramifications to be faced by every member of the family in older child adoption.

Another book I highly recommend is The Limits of Hope, by Ann Kimble Loux.

I gave this book 4 stars and it would have been 4.5 if that had been an option. I only had 2 problems with it. First, I thought the introductions to the chapters were very wordy and an attempt at writing a great work of literature, but they were strained. The author did much better in just telling her story and letting the truth of her voice come through in the body of the book than in trying to write a literary treasure as it sounded in the introductions. Second, this is not the first time that I have bought a book from Amazon that is clearly (and stated as such on the book cover) from a Christian point of view, but they don't state this in the sale listing. Amazon should really include that in the item information. The book does include bible references, but the author does not spend a undue amount of time on religious matters.

Great book and a must read.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Unlit Path - One Family's Journey Toward The Light Of Truth, October 23, 2006

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Robert (Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: An Unlit Path (Hardcover)

Wow! In a time where celebrity adoptions are at an all time high it is important to know what one is really getting into. We always hear about these adoptions but we rarely hear the follow-ups of what happens a few years later. Sure, there are many adoptions that are successful, but the truth is the converse needs to be considered because it is a real possibility that these adoptive families will struggle in the years following. I was happy to learn that that although the family endured such tragic events, they survived, faith intact.