For families who adopt, the process can be wonderful, at times daunting and sometimes just frustrating. Multiply all those emotions by five and you get No Biking in the House Without a Helmet, Atlanta journalist Melissa Fay Greene’s chronicle of her unique parenting journey. — At forty-five, Greene decided she wasn’t quite done bringing children into her world. After experiencing a miscarriage a few months later, she and her husband began the adoption process and eventually adopted total of five kids, one from Bulgaria and four from Ethiopia.
Greene tells her story with plenty of self-defeating humor and heart, describing the adoption process and the challenge of raising such a big clan. Any family who has adopted, is considering adoption or just loves a good family tale of love and sacrifice will enjoy this globe-spanning book.
And we have five copies to give away to lucky New York Family readers! To enter to win, email us at newyorkfamily@manhattanmedia.com
and put “No Biking” in the subject line, so we’re able to contact you if you win. Deadline to enter is Friday, August 19.
