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As a cross-cultural adoptive mother, I’ve read a hell of a lot of books on the subject: memoirs, treatises, psychology books, rants, you name it. But until I read NPR host Scott Simon’s Baby We Were Meant for Each Other, I’d never found an adoption book that rung completely true to me, echoing my struggles with, and beliefs about what it means to adopt in a completely personal — and sensible — way. It’s a short volume you can read in a day, but it takes some long journeys, too, weighing Simon’s own experiences with adopting two girls from China with his wife, Caroline, against a handful of the diverse adoption stories of others, both foreign and domestic; a popular theory that he finds hard to swallow; and even the history of adoption and how it’s changed over time. But most of all, Simon is totally up to here madly in love with his daughters and wife, and that, really, is the intertwining theme of his book. It’s a lovely, insightful read, and one I’d recommend to anyone, adoptive parent or not.
Simon will talk about the book and other vagaries of his life and career this evening at 7:30 p.m. at an event hosted by KUNC Community Radio at Unity Church of Boulder, 2855 Folsom Street in Boulder. General admission is $25; there are also some VIP tickets available for $60, which includes a pre-show reception and preferred seating. For information, go to www.kunc.org.
Sun., Oct. 10, 7:30 p.m., 2010
