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Between light and shadow : a Guatemalan girl's journey through adoption / Jacob Wheeler ; foreword by Kevin Kreutner.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wheeler, Jacob, 1978-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Intercountry adoption--Guatemala--Case studies.
- Intercountry adoption.
- Intercountry adoption--United States--Case studies.
- Adopted children--Guatemala--Case studies.
- Adopted children.
- Adopted children--United States--Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (223 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- An investigation into the Guatemalan adoption industry and its relationship to the United States examining the experience and politics of a new industry shrouded in secrecy.
- Contents:
- Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; Prologue; Part 1. The Journey; 1. The Agony; 2. "Why Can't We?"; 3. The Relinquishment; 4. Shopping for Kids; 5. Forgotten Land; 6. An American Girl; Part 2. The Return; 7. Searching for Antonia; 8. The Meeting; 9. Sad Truth; 10. The Storm; 11. Reunion; 12. Escape; Epilogue; Bibliography
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-09950-0
- 9786613099501
- 0-8032-3539-9
- OCLC:
- 721195059
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