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A Passage to the Heart:
Writings
from Families with Children from China
edited by Amy Klatzkin, $22.95
ISBN 0-9638472-2-8, 368
pages, hardcover
An invaluable resource for any family who has adopted or is planning
to adopt from China, A Passage to the Heart gathers together more
than one hundred articles published over the past few years in the
regional newsletters of the leading Chinese-adoption support group,
Families with Children from China, and similar organizations across the
United States, Canada, and Britain.
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Writing from personal
experience as adoptive parents or professionals working with adoptive
families, the authors discuss such topics as:
-the waiting period
-the adoption journey
-settling in as a new or expanded family
-specific issues of health and development for children adopted from
China
-the special challenges and rewards of adopting children over age one
-single parenting through adoption
-perspectives on China and international adoption
-culture, language, identity, and race
-going back to our children's birth country
-thinking about birth parents
and other adoption issues.
By turns funny, moving, practical, informative, and deeply personal,
this collection is a treasure trove for all families who have adopted
children from China, as well as anyone who would like to learn more
about international adoption.
Proceeds from the book benefit the Amity Foundation
and the Foundation for Chinese Orphanages-two charitable organizations
providing medical care, foster care, and other services to improve the
lives of children living in China's orphanages.
Amy Klatzkin is a book editor specializing in Chinese
studies, a member of the board of the San Francisco Chinese Culture
Foundation, and a contributing editor to Adoptive Families Magazine. She and her husband adopted their
daughter Ying Ying in Changsha, Hunan province, in January 1994.
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