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Finding Fernanda (2011)

by Erin Siegal(Favorite Author)

4.32 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0983884501 (ISBN13: 9780983884507)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Cathexis Press

review 1: First of all, let me say I think adoption is a wonderful thing. I know several families that have adopted, and my mother-in-law was adopted as a baby. That being said, I think we need to take a good look at adoption practices in this country and what really seems to be willful ignorance on the part of adoptive parents sometimes. This book was engaging and compelling. There were a few places where the grammar or punctuation was incorrect, but that very well may have been because I was reading it as an eBook rather than a printed copy. I first became aware of this story when they did a 48 Hours on it back in January, and I bought the book soon after. It's amazing how much corruption there can be in the adoption industry (though it totally makes sense). The thing that disturb... moreed me was how often the American adoptive parents dismiss any reports of corruption and fraud in other countries as those countries being "anti-adoption". Wouldn't you want to know that the child you are adopting is legitimately adoptable? Some of them honestly didn't seem to care that there was a possibility that "their" child had been kidnapped and there was a family desperately searching for them. I don't know what I would do if my child was stolen from me. Overall, a very good book, and one I would recommend to others.
review 2: This book will haunt me forever. My feelings ranged from extreme sadness to aggravation to rage. Evilness of so many, no thought to the children or parents, both birth & adoptive, only money, money, money. International adoption is a billion dollar business and so many involved, from adoption agencies to government officials, are just in it because of greed. After seeing a program on TV based on the book, I wanted more details. Even though I know a great deal about the ethics, no, the unethical garbage, in international adoption, this book with all it's details about adoption in Guatemala, broke my heart. Being the grandmother of an internationally adopted child, this is a topic that disturbs me so much. But I would recommend this book for anyone that cares about children, parents, and right and wrong. less

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