from Bbexlibris

Beth Nonte Russell shares her story in this personal memoir of her voyage to China with her friend Alex. Alex has been trying to adopt a baby from China for a year and a half, when she gets the approval she chooses her friend Beth to go with her. Beth feels she is an unlikely choice, as they are ...

from cassiopia_cat

I received this book last night and read through it quite quickly. It is an easy and flowing read but I had difficulty with some parts of the book. The dream sequences seemed out of place and certainly didn't add to the story as a memoir of adopting a child in China. If this had been a fictional ...

from eo206

Forever Lily talks about a mother's unexpected journey to adopting her daughter from China. Unlike most adoption stories it is a very unique journey. The author also intertwines several passages of her dreams. I had a hard time follwoing the dream sequences and thus skipped over them. This book h...

from tibobi

Alex and her husband are in the final stages of adopting a child from China. Alex asks her friend Beth to accompany her on the trip to China. Beth is hesitant at first. Why wouldn't Alex want her own husband to go with her? After thinking it over, Beth decides to go along figuring it would be qui...

from chrystal

A heartbreaking story about unexpected love. I felt it could have been better written. The underlying messages really spoke to me: to live life for each moment, to open yourself up to love and prayer and the unexpected, to follow your conscience. Also heartbreaking the number of children in China...