China Ghosts

<p>Aching to expand from a couple to a family Jeff Gammage--a reporter for the <em>Philadelphia Inquirer</em>--and his wife Christine embarked upon a journey that would carry them across a shifting landscape of emotion and through miles of red tape and bureaucratic protocol. On the other side of the world--in the smog-choked city of Changsha in Hunan Province--a silent stoic little girl was waiting for them: Jin Yu their new daughter. Now they would have to learn how to fully embrace a life altered beyond recognition by new concerns and responsibilities--and by a love unlike any they'd ever felt before.</p><p>Alive with insight and feeling <em>China Ghosts</em> is an eye-opening depiction of the foreign adoption process and a remarkable glimpse into a different culture. Most important it is a poignant heartfelt and intensely intimate chronicle of the making of a family.</p>