They have already filled out piles of paperwork, submitted to a home study and told their sons about the new baby sister who is coming to live with them. Samantha is much more than just a new member of the family. She personifies Sophie's dream to help her people. Here is one Cambodian she can rescue, literally, by taking her out of the country. On the drive into town, Sophie is startled by the noise and grime, the cars, bicycles and rickshaws flowing in all directions like a crazed school of fish.
Whole families ride together on small motorcycles.
When Sophie arrives at the foster home where Samantha lives, the child is asleep on an open-air porch. Her bed is a blanket on a simple wooden platform, all of it draped in a blue mosquito net. Sophie tiptoes close. Samantha lies on her back, a pacifier in her mouth. She wears a diaper and a red pajama top.