Attorney Maclean provides all the information needed to adopt a child successfully from China, Korea, or the former Soviet Union. In China and Korea, he discusses trends in international adoption and the peculiarities of adopting from those countries; he also supplies copies of relevant forms while cautioning prospective adopters about roadblocks. His advice on navigating the bureaucracies of the United States, China, and Korea is invaluable; readers can take a breather with his wonderful summaries of Russian culture. Other chapters offer practical travel tips (e.g., places to stay and items to purchase for the child) and information for assessing a child's health. In Russia, Maclean (who adopted two children from that country) focuses on the "paper chase"i.e., negotiating the bureaucratic nightmares here and abroad. Especially valuable is his coverage of relevant forms and procedures. As in the other book, Maclean serves up smart travel tips, and information on agencies, medical conditions, post-adoption issues, and paperwork abounds. While Maclean concentrates on Russian adoption, he does cover the other countries enumerated in the subtitle. Recommended for large public libraries with adoption collections including books like Irina Mikhailovna O'Rear's Adopting in Russia: Your Rights and the Law. China and Korea is recommended for large public libraries holding books like Jean Nelson Erichsen and Heino R. Erichsen's How To Adopt Internationally: A Guide for Agency-Directed and Independent Adoptions. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.
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