Adoption nation
Subtitle: how the adoption revolution is transforming America
By: Adam Pertman.
Edition: 1st Harvard Common Press ed.
Publisher: Harvard Common Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Boston, Mass
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781558327153; 9781558327160
Subjects: Adoption -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Out of the shadows, into our lives; title: A legal maze from coast to coast; title: Joy and surprises from abroad; title: Adoptees: the quest for identity; title: Birth parents: a painful dilemma; title: Adoptive parents: infertility begets a family; title: Special needs, diverse families; title: The money's the problem; title: Old lessons for a new world.