This is not just another book about adoption. This is the real deal: dynamic, messy, and challenging adoption, rooted in everyday life. Award-winning columnist and adoptive parent Sally Donovan offers wise and compassionate guidance for how to be "good enough" in the face of everyday challenges and more difficult moments – how to respond to "red mist" crises, anxieties about new routines, and most importantly, how to be strong enough to protect and care for your child. Packed with poignant and hilarious stories from life in the Donovan household, The Unofficial Guide to Adoptive Parenting offers parents a refreshing contrast to conventional parenting manuals – read it, cry, laugh, and learn.