The Russian Word for Snow 
Subtitle: A True Story of Adoption
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: March 20, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780312252144
Subjects: Adoption And Adoption Services; Family & Relationships; Biography / Autobiography; Biography/Autobiography; Personal Memoirs; Family & Relationships / Adoption; Adoption; Adoptive parents; Biography; Case studies; Intercountry adoption; Newman, Janis Cooke; Russia; United States
First sentence: I never wanted to have children.