Secret Thoughts of an Adoptive Mother
Author | : Jana Wolff |
Publisher | : Andrews McMeel Publishing |
Total Pages | : 164 |
Release | : 1997 |
ISBN-10 | : 0836221869 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780836221862 |
Rating | : 4/5 (69 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: While books about adoption proliferate, none of them addresses the subject of open and interracial adoption like Jana Wolff's personal and frank account does in [i]Secret Thoughts of an Adoptive Mother[/i]. Often irreverent, always insightful, surprisingly funny and stunningly honest, [i]Secret Thoughts[/i] tells it like it is: How it feels for a woman to look nothing like her child and to know the woman who does. This fiercely honest and funny book answers questions no one dares to ask: What if I don't like the child I get? Will she want the baby back? If this is the happiest day of my life, why am I so sad? Am I too white for a kid this black? Chapter titles include: "The Myth of Bliss," Friendly Racism," "Meeting Your Child's Mother," and "Adopted Poop Doesn't Smell Any Different."