{"product_id":"the-lucky-ones-ann-rauhala-9781550228236","title":"The Lucky Ones: Our Stories of Adopting Children from China","description":"\"What a lucky girl!\" Everybody who has adopted a daughter from China has heard that one. And every parent has said, or thought, in reply: \"No, we're the lucky ones.\" This anthology sets out to explain why people who have adopted children from China feel as though they've won the lottery. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSince the late 1980s, as many as 7,000 Chinese-born girls have been adopted annually and now live in the United States, Canada, Australia and Europe. They are officially orphans, victims of a rigorous birth control policy limiting most families to one child. These thousands of girls have formed an international Diaspora, a human wave with no exact parallel and yet numerous points of comparison -- sharing issues with war orphans from Vietnam or even with Chinese workers who built the New World's railroads. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe memoirs collected in \u003ci\u003eThe Lucky Ones\u003c\/i\u003e are organized beginning with infertility, moving to acceptance of a multiracial family, anticipating the adoption, reflecting during the trip to China and, at last, grappling with an odd destiny -- turning terrible beginnings into happy endings. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe story of these girls is compelling as a narrative of hope and optimism but it may also become a story of dislocation and crisis of identity. These baby immigrants add unusual texture to the lives of the families they join -- they come here not by choice but by someone else's design.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ann Rauhala\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1550228234\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781550228236\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e ECW Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.78lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.93h x 5.99w x 0.54d","brand":"Ann Rauhala","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47135376376063,"sku":"9781550228236","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dff9d18f-e830-494d-b409-8f629dfc3fab.jpg?v=1755009962","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-lucky-ones-ann-rauhala-9781550228236","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}