Our Son from Afar : The Long Road to Adoption

by Bemrose, Alex

• ISBN13: 9781846244919
• ISBN10: 1846244919
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-11-24
• Publisher: Trans-Atlantic Pubns

Summary

We are one hundred per cent determined to adopt a child, to make 'José' a reality. There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that it is what I want to do. What we both want to do. We also know that we will love him every bit as much as we would have loved any birth child.... It is just that in the meantime it is so hard having to wait so long. The path to adoption is so long, so tedious, so gruelling and so tortuous. No wonder so many people give up, dropping by the wayside along the road. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. ix
Introduction	p. xiii
Research and Preparation (October 2005-March 2007)
'Trial by Jury'	p. 3
The Journey Begins	p. 8
Too White, Middle Class and Heterosexual	p. 12
Back to the Drawing Board	p. 28
Guatemala? Where's That?	p. 35
Reality Dawns	p. 40
Everything … Including Your Inside Leg Measurement	p. 47
Our First Taste of Guatemala	p. 54
The Waiting Game (April 2007-March 2008)
An Elephantine Gestation Period	p. 75
We Have a Son … a Son We Have Never Met	p. 85
Politics Damn Politics	p. 91
Meeting Our Son … at Five Months Old	p. 110
The Black Hole: Living in Limbo	p. 123
Coming Home (April-July 2008)
The Final Stretch: Enough to Try the Patience of a Saint	p. 167
Into Our Arms for Ever	p. 178
Home at Last	p. 184
The Final Hurdle (July 2008-March 2009)
Readoption in the UK	p. 191
Reflections	p. 202
Postscript	p. 209
Timeline of Our Adoption Journey	p. 211
Abbreviations	p. 215
Acknowledgements	p. 217
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