Beating the Adoption Odds: Revised and Updated

We live at a time in history when infertility is at its highest and fewer babies are available for adoption--a climate in which prospective parents post pleas on the Internet, and people who are not young, straight, healthy, and thin face tremendous odds if seeking to adopt. Just in time, it seems, comes the newly revised edition of Beating the Adoption Odds, a creative and resourceful book designed to help all wannabe adopters find their baby.

Mother and adoptive daughter team Cynthia D. Martin and Dru Martin Groves (both professionals in the adoption field) offer the calm, reassuring voices of experience and encouragement as they explain the prospects and pitfalls of working with agencies, independent adoptions, international adoptions, special needs children, medical risks, and birth-family rights. Martin and Groves feel strongly that the question for prospective parents is not, "Can I find a child to adopt?" (yes, you can!) but "Can I do my adoption right?" This comprehensive manual gives you the tools and strategies you'll need. --Ericka Lutz