tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21654824.post3216033865900475237..comments2024-01-13T23:31:34.532-08:00Comments on This Book Is For You: Weekly Geeks #4: Adoption Law and Historymary_mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18271776145478019619noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21654824.post-43256190469680932532008-05-21T19:36:00.000-07:002008-05-21T19:36:00.000-07:00my sister is hoping to finalize the adoption of he...my sister is hoping to finalize the adoption of her son next month. i had put <I>The Girls Who Went Away</I> on my to-read list last week.alisonwonderlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08652716231337658058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21654824.post-82852196052809269012008-05-19T22:01:00.000-07:002008-05-19T22:01:00.000-07:00Another issue close to my heart. Do you know it is...Another issue close to my heart. Do you know it is difficult for single women to adopt in India? <BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://readingandmorereading.blogspot.com/2008/05/weekly-geeks-4-social-issues-child.html" REL="nofollow">Child Abuse</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21654824.post-28376006388368753772008-05-19T11:38:00.000-07:002008-05-19T11:38:00.000-07:00Adoption can be such a terrific happy topic and th...Adoption can be such a terrific happy topic and then, not so much. My eyes have really been opened to the ugliness from many unexpected places, too. Great post - I like the variety of books you offer, too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21654824.post-15325828255325482752008-05-19T08:45:00.000-07:002008-05-19T08:45:00.000-07:00To think adoption has come so far ... and yet it's...To think adoption has come so far ... and yet it's still just crawling. As an adoptive family we have seen the contrasts of "then" v. "now" but some things have yet to change.Terry Dohertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06246198932357846984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21654824.post-34464999722924113552008-05-18T23:22:00.000-07:002008-05-18T23:22:00.000-07:00Ugh, indeed. Pretty much all of these books made ...Ugh, indeed. Pretty much all of these books made me think, well, I don't know how to fix this, but doing something, anything else would be a pretty good start.mary_mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18271776145478019619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21654824.post-55230327335165989272008-05-18T14:30:00.000-07:002008-05-18T14:30:00.000-07:00"The Girls Who Went Away" broke my heart and total..."The Girls Who Went Away" broke my heart and totally made me understand why there are anti-closed-records militants out there. Ugh.Gwenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15613914622115214781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21654824.post-29353205771426170202008-05-18T14:27:00.000-07:002008-05-18T14:27:00.000-07:00I definitely wrote down The Baby Thief, but all of...I definitely wrote down The Baby Thief, but all of your books are tempting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21654824.post-45725560360970953462008-05-18T08:58:00.000-07:002008-05-18T08:58:00.000-07:00Hi, Mary! What a nice list oof books you've put to...Hi, Mary! What a nice list oof books you've put together!<BR/>I would like to read the English American, that sounds very interestingAlessandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06652990135572677170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21654824.post-29342830143972135692008-05-18T06:05:00.000-07:002008-05-18T06:05:00.000-07:00This week's theme is making for some incredibly in...This week's theme is making for some incredibly interesting posts! What a great, varied list of books you put to together on the subject...a couple of which I wrote down. Thank you!Debihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15429881953804634592noreply@blogger.com