From the Publisher Over 150,000 people adopt children each year, and more than 2 million parents are now raising adopted children and grandchildren. While the path to parenting through adoption is rich with rewards and fulfillment, it's not without its bumps. This compassionate, illuminating, and ultimately uplifting book is the first to openly recognize the very normal feelings of stress that adoptive families encounter as they cope with the challenges and expectations of their new families. Where do parents turn when the waited-for bonding with their adopted child is slow to form? When they find themselves grieving over the birth child they couldn't have? When the child they so eagerly welcomed into their home arrives with major, unexpected needs? Until now, adoptive parents have had to struggle silently with their feelings, which can range from flutters of anxiety to unbearable sadness. Drawing on their own experience as adoptive parents as well as interviews with dozens of adoptive families and experts in the field, the authors offer parents the understanding, support, and concrete solutions they need to overcome post-adoption blues-and open their hearts to the joy adoption can bring. Roberta's Note - I read every word, every line of this book and I believe it belongs on every adoptive parent's reading list, especially during the long waiting period between referral/travel and bringing your child home. Thoughtfully written and rich with the wisdom that only comes from experience, The Post-Adoption Blues is going to help you make the important transition to adoptive parenthood with a little more comfort and a lot less stress. 2004/242 pages/softbound