The Chinese Adoption Handbook: How to Adopt from China and Korea
by John H. Maclean
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Author: John H. MacleanEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2004-01-04
ISBN: 0595297846
Number of pages: 285
Publisher: iUniverse Star
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Book Review: Much about Chinese adoption; Not much about Korean adoption
Summary: 3 Stars
This book is to-the-point lawyerly advice about adopting from China. Maclean writes very litle about Korean adoption (as the title even indicates). If you've looked into Korean adoption at all, you know at least as much as this book covers, and that Korean adoption is quite different from Chinese adoption. However, if you are considering adopting from China, his step-by-step information about the process makes this book well worth it. And much of it applies to international adoption in general. Maclean starts at the beginning of the paperwork process, and continues throughout your trip to China. Included is information about possible medical conditions, typical age-appropriate weight/height/development and what one might expect to see after orphanage, foster care, or care with little (or good) cognitive and physical stimulation.
I recommend this book (and, yes, he is a bit funny), but read others as well. Maclean gives different advice about certain things than do other authors. My husband and I liked this aspect to use as a comparison to others. It gives us the opportunity to see that not everyone views/does every element of the process the same way nor offers the same advice. We can take what is applicable to us from each how-to style adoption book we read.
Nitpick: while I applaud the author for self-publshing, he could use an editor. Too often, information is written then a few paragraphs later the identical few sentences appear. Worse, Maclean contradicts himself by stating at the start of the book that you should pick your agency last--e.g., after the homestudy--then later on describes the agency you've chosen as performing the homestudy, thereby creating the need for choosing the agency first.
Ultimately, I'd give "The Chinese Adoption Handbook" three and a half stars -- four for its comprehensive information, but it loses credibility due, perhaps, to poor editing... but I am left wondering how accurate some of it is. Knowing, as well, that Maclean adopted his children from Russia, I wonder if the information has been gleaned in tidbits and applied to the Chinese process or if he really has taken part in Chinese adoptions.
Update 7/06 -- We ended up finding this book FAR more useful than I would have anticipated. Maclean's advice throughout the entire first half, the "US Paperchase," was very helpful each step of the way. I had pages bookmarked at each juncture we approached (researching agencies, the homestudy, etc).
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