China Doll (Palisades Pure Romance)

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Summary: "China Doll" is offensive to those of Asian descent
Review: Any one who is contemplating adopting from China should know that the term "China Doll" is highly offensive to those of Asian descent. It's hard to believe that someone who has gone through the adoption process can be oblivious to the highly-charged nature of this term.

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Summary: A tear-jerker!
Review: Since I was a teenager, I have wanted to adopt. Then, when I went to China as a missionary. Many of my friends worked in the #1 orphanage of the city - a discouraging and sad place. My friends told me stories of children, usually girls, disappearing from the orphanages - the rumour was that they had been thrown over a cliff. I avoided the place like a plague until I was "forced" to go, leading a group of visiting students. My heart was broken by two little ones - a toddling girl, and a premature boy. The little girl, about 2, was all smiles & cuddles. The boy, actually a year old, was the size of a newborn. I held him the entire time I was there. Barbara Jean Hicks has expressed an enormous need through a creatively wonderful tale of seeking God's will in our lives. I hope you will all join me in thanking her and praying that God might use our lives to save just one little one.

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Summary: Beautiful story of adoption and love, and very accurate!
Review: When my husband and I began the process of adopting a baby from China, my mother gave us this book. We loved the story of Bronson and Georgine and their search for God, love, and a child. Barbara Jean Hicks has thoroughly researched the Chinese adoption process, and her facts are accurate. Her honesty about the situation of many women and baby girls in China is very touching. The story is more than an inspirational romance; it is a realistic look at Chinese culture, infertility issues, relationship with God, and what it means to be a family. ---Meredith