Shattered Dreams--Lonely Choices: Birthparents of Babies with Disabilities Talk About Adoption

by Joanne Finnegan

Book Overview

Dreams of pregnancy include the expectation that nine months of waiting will end with a joyous event. But, each year, a shattered dream occurs for thousands of couples who receive the news that their child will have a disabling condition severe enough that they may question if they are the best parents for their child. Societal expectation is that parents will raise their child or, if the condition of the child is detected prenatally, abortion...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0897892860
• ISBN13: 9780897892865
• Release Date: July 1993
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.6"