Is Adoption the Right Option for Every Family?

New book offers expert guidance, insight and key understanding about adoption as a means to growing a family

Nationally respected Adoption Advocate, Mentor and Publisher takes a fresh approach to the key questions prospective parents should ask themselves before deciding on adoption.

Indianapolis, IN, January 23, 2008– Perspectives Press, Inc. announces the release of its latest adoption guide Adopting: Sound Choices, Strong Families, authored by Patricia Irwin Johnston, M.S. a renowned authority in infertility and adoption issues for over 30 years.  

From infertile heterosexual couples to same-sex couples to single parents—anyone who has struggled with barriers to family-building faces similar losses and similar decisions about their next steps. But what should those next steps be and is adoption the best way to go? Adopting: Sound Choices, Strong Families was written to help those who find themselves “family-challenged”, as it explores the adoption process within the context of deeply personal and emotional obstacles, and encourages readers to actively address, examine and puzzle out the process before adoptive parenthood begins.
 
Replacing two earlier award-winners—Adopting after Infertility and Launching a Baby’s Adoption—Adopting: Sound Choices, Strong Families incorporates many of the tools and the familiar vignettes from these previous books, but also includes a variety of new tools, new questions and the frank and honest commentary that Johnston is well-known for as a leader in the adoption community.

“Some readers will pick up this book with great enthusiasm.  Some will be ambivalent about adoption, and still others may have been reluctantly dragged into learning more about adoption,” states author Patricia Irwin Johnston. “The book is designed with all those types of readers in mind, and it will help them decide whether adoption is the right path for them,”.she continues.

Adopting: Sound Choices, Strong Families is not a “how-to” guide for the adoption process. It does not specifically detail the nuts and bolts topics such as which adoption agencies to contact or what paperwork is required.  Rather, its goal is to serve as an experienced, compassionate guide through the hard questions that must be addressed and examined before any realistic decisions about adoption can be made. It also provides support and practical advice that readers will need after they make their own decisions about adoption.

Adopting: Sound Choices, Strong Families will empower readers to:

-   Regain a sense of control over their lives
-   Decide whether they are honestly open to the idea of adoption
-   Understand the central issues of attachment and adoptive      family life
-   Feel confident in their decision to pursue – or not – adoption as a viable option
-   Make informed decisions about the details of the adoption process
-   Embrace their decision to adopt with practical support and information
-   Navigate the first few months after placement with realistic expectations and information

“This is my fourth book on the topic of infertility-related decision making. My hope is that my own experience wrestling with infertility and adoption challenges and helping others do the same can help readers make the best possible decisions about their own journey to family building,” writes Johnston.

By tackling the tough and personal questions upfront, Adopting: Sound Choices, Strong Families aims to prepare readers to make good decisions as they embark on the journey to family-building through adoption. Available for purchase at www.amazon.com , Barnes & Noble, a variety of on-line adoption sites, your favorite independent bookseller and directly from Perspectives Press, Inc.  

Publication Date: January 30, 2008
Hardcover, ISBN 978-0-944934-34-0
Price: $26.95 (US)

About Perspectives Press

Since 1982, Perspectives Press has been providing award-winning books, articles, and workshops for consumers and medical, mental health, counseling and allied professionals on the topics of infertility, reproductive health and alternative family building - from adoption to collaborative reproduction to fostering to child-free living. For more details, visit www.perspectivespress.com .

About Patricia Irwin Johnston

For more than 30 years, Patricia Irwin Johnston, MS, has been writing, advocating, and educating about infertility and adoption matters. She has received numerous awards (most recently a 2007 Angel in Adoption Award from the Congressional Coalition on Adoption) and has authored eight books. Pat and her husband, Dave, adopted and raised three children, now adults.  They live in Indianapolis.

To learn more about the Adopting: Sound Choices, Strong Families, see the table of contents, and read the first chapter and go to http://www.perspectivespress.com/adoptingabtst.html

This book is also available through Amazon, Barnes & Noble and your favorite independent bookstore.

Contact:      
Erica Marchetti
Perspectives Press, Inc.
(317)872-3055
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