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by: Adam Pertman
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 362.7340973
EAN: 9780465056514
ISBN: 0465056512
Label: Basic Books
Manufacturer: Basic Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 272
Publication Date: October 23, 2001
Publisher: Basic Books
Sales Rank: 542671
Studio: Basic Books
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Adoption is both sweeping the nation and changing it, accelerating our transformation into a more multicultural and multiethnic country and helping to redefine our understanding of 'family.' Adoption Nation is essential reading for adoptive families, for anyone contemplating adopting a child, and for everyone touched by this extraordinary cultural transformation.
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Rating:  - A comprehensive & vital foundation
Adam Pertman, CEO of the Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute, gives readers a comprehensive view of how far we have come in adoption reform. Understanding from where we have come is the vital foundation for motivating us to persevere in the areas of adoption in which we all work and strive. Thank you, Adam, for providing the foundation and the impetus to move forward. You have encouraged me in my sphere of influence.
Rating: - Highly inspirational
Those of you who enjoyed ADOPTION NATION might like to know that public television wants to produce a documentary special inspired by this book. Like Adam's book, "Adoption: An American Revolution" will show the ways in which adoption today is increasingly inclusive, expansive, and affirming; the project will also include Web resources and outreach campaigns to schools and communities. Please visit www.adoptionfilm.org to find out how you can help: we must complete our funding by the end of 2005 ... Read More
Rating: - all families are different
"All families are different," goes the wisdom being taught our children in progressive schools, and Adam Pertman's _Adoption Nation_ explores and celebrates this difference in the particular context of adoptive families in the United States today. His is the most comprehensive general account I have seen of the contemporary redefinition of American family life being effected by adoption (among other forces). Pertman, himself an adoptive parent, opens the way to a brave new world in which affiliation ... Read More
Rating: - Finally - an adoption book everyone in America should read!
Adam Pertman gives one of the most complete accounts of adoption today available. This books covers the mistakes of the past, how we got to where we are now - and asks the tough question of where are we headed? As a birthmother who chose open adoption in 1985 (before most people had even heard of it) I am shocked that the age of open adoption has taken so long to be accepted. Pertman correctly identifies the myths that have so long kept families from executing successful arrangements, and he provides ... Read More
Rating:  - Disappointing
Having read dozens of books on adoption and foster care, I was looking forward to this book. While some of the ideas were compelling, I found the tone to be too aggressive and some of the facts misleading. I would not recommend this book.
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