I'm not sure what can be said about this book other than simply "wow." I had no idea that the girl-abandonment issue was so bad in China! It always amazes me to read a book like this and realize that horrible things have happened and are happening in my lifetime, but nobody has said a word!! Why are the evening news reports filled with the latest bestseller, new traffic laws, and silly, insignificant things, when on the other side of the ocean, millions of children are being abandoned, with only several thousand being adopted. This book opened my eyes to the horrors that still exist in China, but at the same time respects China rather than saying that it's a terrible place. On the downside, the author of this book is not a Christian, and has a very "open" view of Buddhism, Confucianism, etc. Also, although I found this book to give valuable perspective on the abandonment crisis in China and transcultural adoption issues, it does talk about China's birth control policies, and is not something I'd recommend for younger girls, or guys. Up next: deciding to read about the AIDs orphans in Africa, or a book about transracial/transcultural adoptions.....
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