Adopting Alesia by Dee Thompson
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- Pub. Date: June 2009
- 202pp
- Sales Rank: 389,603
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: June 2009
- Publisher: Scribblerchick Books, A Wyatt-MacKenzie Imprint
- Format: Paperback, 202pp
- Sales Rank: 389,603
- ISBN-13: 9781932279009
- ISBN: 1932279008
Synopsis
What do you do when you encounter a spirited little girl in a Russian orphanage and know in your heart that she is yours and you have to adopt her? For single, childless, 40-year-old Dee Thompson, it began with an astonishing dream of a little girl reaching out to her. Meeting the little girl led to an almost two year odyssey that changed Dee forever.
Throughout the adoption, hurdles kept popping up that sent Dee reeling-a job layoff, an uncooperative orphanage director, a boyfriend who broke her heart, friends and family members telling her she was crazy, an uncaring agency that kept telling her to choose a different child-and many others. Despite everything, Dee's faith in God, support from her mother, and single-minded conviction that she had to bring her daughter home helped her stay on course. Letters from her daughter Alesia brightened the long, scary months of waiting. Finally, all the mountains had been moved, and a mother and daughter came home from Russia, a family at last.Â
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Heart-wrenching thrillerby Anonymous
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June 28, 2009: This roller-coaster drama will put you on edge as Dee's emotions swing from hope to despair and back as hitches and glitches toy with her strong determination to overcome the intricacies of a foreign adoption process that would deter most potential mothers. The author's perseverence in the face of beaucratic frustrations in Russia reveal her as a victor over daunting if not insurmountable odds. This emotional and physical journey
plumbs the depths of human tribulations, leaving the reader in admiration of the dedicated pursuit of her beautiful daughter.Heart-warming and Inspirationalby Judy39
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June 26, 2009: A tenacious single mother's emotion-packed account of adopting her teenage daughter from rural Russia. Adopting Alesia paints a realistic and not always rosey picture of the capricious world of international adoption, but also confirms that the power of love can cut through any obstacles.
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