Between Light and Shadow : a Guatemalan Girl's Journey through Adoption
- Author
- Wheeler, Jacob, 1978-
- Published
- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2011.
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (223 pages)
Access Online
- Language Note
- English.
- 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.
- 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.
- Subject(s)
- Intercountry adoption—Guatemala—Case studies
- Adopted children—Guatemala—Case studies
- Intercountry adoption—United States—Case studies
- Adoption internationale—Guatemala—Études de cas
- Enfants adoptés—Guatemala—Études de cas
- Adoption internationale—États-Unis—Études de cas
- FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS—Adoption & Fostering
- Adopted children
- Intercountry adoption
- Guatemala
- United States
- Genre(s)
- ISBN
- 9780803235397 (electronic bk.)
0803235399 (electronic bk.)
1283099500
9781283099509
9780803233621
0803233620
9786613099501
6613099503 - Digital File Characteristics
- data file
- Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references.
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