Adopting On Your Own : The Complete Guide to Adoption for Single Parents

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Summary: Adopting on Your Own
Review: Varon's book is invaluable for anyone who plans to adopt a child. As the single parent of an adopted child, I wish this book had been available to me when I was going through the process of adoption. The book will help you to make an informed decision on whether or not adopting a child is right for you. As a single parent herself, Varon gives a warm, heartfelt, and practical approach to the ups and downs of single parenting.

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Summary: Comprehensive!
Review: When a single person contemplates becoming a parent via adoption there are so many issues to investigate and so many decisions to be made: to adopt or not; age, gender, special needs; siblings; country of origin; open/closed; agencies;and so much more. And that's just BEFORE becoming a parent. Lee Varon provides so much information between the covers of her book- it is THE ONE book to buy if you are single (or even if you're married) and thinking about adopting. I've been involved in adoption as a single parent for more than 1/4 century and this is the book we've always needed.

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Summary: Thoughtfully Written, Well Organized
Review: Whether just beginning to consider adoption or in the midst of the process, this is a thoughtfully written and well organized book addressing the often confusing process of adopting as a single parent. With honest insight into some of the unspoken pitfalls and prejudices of single parent adoption, Lee Varon shares both her personal experience and those of many she has worked with who have successfully navigated these issues. The end of the book is stuffed with all type of resources.