"Baby We Were Meant for Each Other" is written by NPR's Weekend Edition with Scott Simon. I really enjoyed this book on a lot of levels. One - this is really a very emotional and difficult topic for many. Scott infused the book with humor at just the right moments to break up the heaviness. While he touched on the fact that he and his wife had problems achieving pregnancy the traditional way, he didn't go into too much detail about it. I really appreciated that he kept to the topic of adoption.
He writes about the experience he and his wife had adopting two children from China. I think one of my most favorite parts of the book was when he went with the family back to get another baby. The photo didn't match the baby brought to their hotel room and their first daughter put her arm out to the new sister and said "it doesn't matter."
He includes other couples stories of adoption, as well as grown adults stories about growing up adopted. As someone who is considering adoption, this book just melted my heart. A great read.
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