Book Review: You Can Adopt

Today's book review is linked to the last serious blog post I had about adoption In which I stated that before researching I wanted to do an international adoption, but after tons of research we have settled on domestic infant adoption.

The book today is You Can Adopt: An Adoptive Families Guide

by Susan Caughman and Isolde Motley

I would say that this book was instrumental in deciding what direction to take if we needed to go down the adoption path.

First this book discusses the question, should we adopt. Then it moves on and discusses all aspects of adoption from: types of adoption, financial considerations, legal considerations, emotional considerations. There are also plenty of personal stories in the book, some happy, some sad, but all very real. Also dont forget to read the margins! The margins contain little quick fact snip-its, quotes and dispel many stereotypes about adoption.

This book is a great way to get acquainted with all types of adoption and does it from a very positive but real standpoint. The book has "Reality Check lists" which is a quick check list summary of the high points of each chapter. After all of the adoption explanations it moves on to talk about the child in general. It talks about how and when to tell the child's adoption story. Then moves on to talk about disabilities that might arise if you chose to go down the special needs adoption path.

Overall, if you are just starting research on adoption.. I suggest this book.. It hits all of the hard questions and then tells you where to research more about them.

Overall I give this book a rating of 5 out of 5, a very good resource.