Lucky Ones, The
Des milliers de familles ont adopté des petites filles chinoises depuis les années 1980. The Lucky Ones rassemble leurs récits poignants, entre espoir, identité et reconstruction.
"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.
Since 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.
The memoirs collected in The Lucky Ones 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.
The 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.
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Since 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.
The memoirs collected in The Lucky Ones 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.
The 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.
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Ce livre offre une plongée unique dans les récits de familles ayant adopté des enfants chinoises, révélant des parcours humains marquants. Il permet de comprendre les enjeux de l’adoption internationale, entre joie et défis, à travers des témoignages authentiques et variés.
L’ouvrage explore l’adoption internationale, la construction d’une famille multiculturelle, la quête d’identité, et les conséquences de la politique de l’enfant unique en Chine. Il aborde aussi la résilience et la transformation de destins difficiles en histoires d’espoir.
Il s’adresse aux familles adoptives, aux futurs parents, aux professionnels de l’adoption, ainsi qu’à toute personne intéressée par les questions d’identité, de migration et de famille. Les récits touchants parlent aussi aux amateurs de témoignages humains.
Vous pourrez interroger le livre sur les étapes de l’adoption internationale, les défis rencontrés par les familles, les spécificités de l’adoption en Chine, ou encore les conseils pour accompagner un enfant adopté dans sa quête d’identité.
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ann rauhala
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