Learning To Love A Stranger on the Bookhabit Show
Tuesday, March 17th, 2009 |
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Adopting a child from a foreign country is for the big hearted, not for the fainthearted. Cathy Bonnstetter and her family adopted four and a half year old Alex from Romania after a long process dealing with agencies and bureaucracy. More than once they thought about giving up on the idea Cathy had had since she was in her teens. That the family did not give up is in some part due to the welcoming and generous nature of her 3 biological children, who convinced her that they had to keep on fighting to bring Alex to the United States and become a part of their loving family.
Cathy, a journalist and also a teacher with special education training, wrote this five part book based on the stories of her family and four other families who adopted children from foreign countries. The book focuses (more…)
