num_pages: 230
description: In a little over one year the Conroy family - Maggie Casey and eight-year-old Meghan - went from one child to four from one language to three from likeness to extraordinary diversity. Along the way the Conroys grappled with a series of legal and medical battles even with an attempted coup that broke out while they were in the process of bringing a child home from the former Soviet Union. But from the bleak orphanages around the world to their home in California the Conroys persevered following a call to love that would see them through the difficult days and months ahead as they began to put their family together. First there was Nadia the painfully shy Russian child who had never been outside the orphanage bravely setting off on a journey into a new life. Then mere months later there was Ana a five-year-old Colombian girl authorities considered too old for adoption but who instantly captured the Conroys' hearts. And Alesia a two-year-old orphan in Siberia who had severe malformations of her hands and feet. One by one these remarkable children became part of the Conroys' lives - and each other's. Step by step they embraced their new world a wondrous place full of things like sliding glass doors Halloween Santa Claus gentleness and joy. From the extraordinary bond that formed between these four very different sisters to the daunting health and learning difficulties faced by children who had never known anything but survival A World of Love takes you into the very heart - and creation - of a family. At the same time Maggie Francis Conroy chronicles the changes in her relationship with her husband - as well as among the children themselves - as their new world of love took shape around them.
language: English
title: A World Of Love
publisher: Kensington