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Title: And now you know the rest of the story...
Review: So much of the writing about adoption winds up with the supposed happy ending: We got a child and loved it instantly and created a family, lucky us. But of course that's only the beginning, for any family.The essays in this collection go beyond that Kodak moment to tell us what happened next. What happens if you've promised two birth mothers the stable home they can't provide -- and then your husband tells you he wants a divorce? Can you honor your daughter's ethnic heritage without arranging for her to study Chinese? How do you respond when your 13-year-old announces, "I don't hate you because I'm an adolescent who's trying to adjust to the fact that he was adopted. I hate you personally."These accounts, by 20 skilled writers who are also adoptive parents, are sometimes heartbreaking and sometimes comic, but they're always stunningly honest.
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