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Overview
Many controversies surround adoption in the United States, and many people have very strong-and opposing-views about what is in the best interests of the adoptee, the biological parents, and the adoptive parents. In this book, the author surveys the major adoption controversies, including open versus closed adoption, transracial adoption, the rights of birthfathers, and surrogate mothering. Both sides of each issue are presented, and personal interviews with people who have been affected by some aspect of adoption are included. Contains sources, a glossary, a bibliography, and an index.Editorials
Stephanie Zvirin
Having written on such subjects as puberty rites, Native Americans, and the environment, Liptak is fast becoming a familiar name in children's nonfiction. This direct, well-balanced consideration of a topic not sufficiently pursued in YA literature is one of her best efforts yet. Tackling the subject from a wide-angle perspective and ever alert to the pros and cons, she covers everything from adoption options (open versus closed, private versus agency, single parent versus traditional family, etc.) and cultural attitudes toward adoption to transracial adoptions, surrogacy, and searches. Although the book's uninviting format and drab jacket may keep kids at arm's length, there's a wealth of information to be had here, buttressed by thorough documentation, a glossary, and a good bibliography. Although at first glance this seems to be about parenting, it's really a book with children at its heart.Book Details
Published
October 1, 1993
Publisher
Franklin Watts
Pages
128
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780531130322