UID:
almafu_9959233240702883
Umfang:
1 online resource (283 p.)
ISBN:
1-135-42105-6
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1-315-04390-4
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0-7890-1773-3
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1-135-42098-X
Anmerkung:
Reprint. Originally published by the Haworth Clinical Practice Press in 2003.
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Cover ; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; About The Editors ; Contributors ; Foreword ; Chapter 1. Opening the Door; Why Adopt? ; Where Do We Begin?; What Are Our Options? ; Other Considerations in Creating a Family; Introducing Personal Stories ; Chapter 2. Welcome Home: From the Perspective of Research on International Adoption; The Northeast-Northwest Collaborative Adoption Projects (N2CAP)
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The Questions: The Family Questionnaire Survey Findings ; Summary and Concluding Remarks; Chapter 3. From Couple to Family; How We Got to be a Family of Seventeen; And We Wait and Wait and Wait . . .; The Transatlantic Phone Call ; We Get to Go Home; We Very Quickly Become a Family of Five; Addendum by Deborah Johnson; Chapter 4. Coming Home from China; The Potential Parents ; Our Experiences en Route to the Adoption; Becoming Gianna
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Beginning Life with GiaKeeping in Touch with the Chinese Culture; Gia's Adoption Story ; Chapter 5. The Family I Wanted; Getting Started ; At Long Last-A Daughter ; Our Family Expands ; Taking the Plunge Once Again; And Then There Were Four ; Suggestions for Those Contemplating a Larger Family; Chapter 6. Our Daughters from China Have Two Mommies; Making The Decision to Adopt
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The Adoption Process: A Circuitous Paper Chase Lia: Our First Daughter ; The Decision to Adopt Again: Getting Amy; Adoptions from China Today; Chapter 7. From One Wonders Second to Countless Memorable Moments: Adventures in Adoption; Adoption Wonderings ; Adoption Disappointments ; The Arrival of Zoë; The Arrival of Zachary; Zoë and Zachary Then and Today; My Adoption Insights ; Reflections Today
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Addendum by Karina BarragarAddendum by Reese Barragar; Addendum by Samantha Barragar; Addendum by Krista Barragar; Addendum by Mildred Peterson; Chapter 8. Welcome Home-Liv, Kim, and Love; Swedish Adoption; Why Did I Adopt a Child?; Experiences en Route to the Adoption; Costs of International Adoption; My Daughter- Delivered at Stockholm Airport; My Older Son-A Happy Encounter in "The Land of Smiles"; My Youngest Son- A Less Dramatic Start ; Who Am I? ; Going Back: Searching for Roots; Reflections
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Chapter 9. A Perfect Lottery
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English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-7890-1774-1
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 1-299-97893-2
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.4324/9781315043906
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