Katya playing on the playground

I was shocked. What was this beautiful Asian girl doing in a Russian orphanage? She’d never get out. Russians almost never adopted anything but newborn babies. American Caucasians were in Russia to adopt kids who looked like them. No one knew that better than I did.

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About the Author

John M. Simmons is an adoption advocate and author of the award-winning novels The Marvelous Journey Home and To Sing Frogs. John performs television and radio interviews and writes editorials to share his experience with special needs and international adoption. He appears at book clubs, and is a frequent guest speaker for various groups to increase adoption awareness. He and his wife have three biological sons and six adopted children.