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Recommended Reading - Adoption Books

I love to read. I read good books, bad books, and everything-in-between books. Authors and publishers send me books, I buy books by the cartonful, and I have depleted the shelves of libraries far and wide.

My choices for this list are books that are fascinating explorations of relationships, books to capture your interest and imagination, books I hope will have wide appeal. When you're packing your beach bag, picnic basket, or fanny pack, consider adding one (or more) of these great summer reads:

		Adoption Nation: How the Adoption Revolution is Transforming America by Adam Pertman Don't be misled into thinking this isn't for you. This eminently readable book should be among the first read by everyone interested in adopting and/or in modern-day adoption practice and policy.
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		Beneath a Tall Tree: A Story About Us by Jean Strauss To call this the story of one adopted person and the Italian immigrants and Mayflower descendants who make up her families, would be to do an injustice to her greater family: us.
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		Bullets on the Bund: An Autumn Jade Mystery, by Steve Whan Introduce your children to a sleuth no less imaginative than the legendary Nancy Drew, no less daring than the Hardy Boys. A new heroine has arrived on the scene, and she's a Chinese-born adoptee.
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		Then She Found Me, by Elinor Lipman I was looking for something to read while waiting for a postponed flight. The title grabbed my eye in an airport bookstore and I thought, "No, it couldn't be..." But it was. A novel of reunion.
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