children of the adoptive parents. Under Islamic Law, for example, adopted children must keep their original surname to be identified with blood relations, and, traditionally, women wear a hijab in the presence of males in their adoptive households. In Egypt, these cultural distinctions have led to making adoption illegal opting instead for a system of foster care. Homecoming Day In some countries, such as the United States, "Homecoming Day" is the day when an adoptee is officially united with their new adoptive family. See also References Barbara Melosh, the American Way of Adoption page 10 Further reading Argent, Hedi. Related by Adoption: a handbook for grandparents and other relatives (2014) Askeland, Lori. Children and Youth in Adoption, Orphanages, and Foster Care: A Historical Handbook and Guide (2005) excerpt and text search Carp, E. Wayne, ed. Adoption in America: Historical Perspectives (2002) Carp, E. Wayne. Family Matters: Secrecy and Disclosure in the History of Adoption (2000) Carp, E. Wayne. Jean Paton and the Struggle to Reform American Adoption (University of Michigan Press; 2014) 422 pages; Scholarly biography of an activist (1908–2002) who led the struggle for open adoption records Conn, Peter. Adoption: A Brief Social and Cultural History (2013) excerpt and text search Eskin, Michael. The Wisdom of Parenthood: An Essay (New York: Upper West Side Philosophers, Inc. 2013) Fessler, Ann. The Girls Who Went Away: The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades Before Roe v. Wade (2007) excerpt and text search Gailey, Christine Ward. Blue-Ribbon Babies and Labors of Love: Race, Class, and Gender in U.S. Adoption Practice (University of Texas Press; 185 pages; 2010). Uses interviews with 131 adoptive parents in a study of how adopters' attitudes uphold, accommodate, or subvert prevailing ideologies of kinship in the United States. Melosh, Barbara. Strangers and Kin: the American Way of Adoption (2002) excerpt and text search Minchella, Tina Danielle. Adoption in post-Soviet Russia: Nationalism and the re-invention of the "Russian family" (2011) Pertman, A. (2000). Adoption Nation: How the Adoption Revolution Is Transforming America. New York: Basic Books. Seligmann, Linda J. Broken Links, Enduring Ties: American Adoption Across Race, Class, and Nation (Stanford University Press; 2013) 336 pages); comparative ethnographic study of transnational and interracial adoption. Fictive Kinship: Making Maladaptation Palatable Family law Adoption, fostering, orphan care and displacement