This is written from the prospective of a man becoming a father through international adoption after 40, having been married over 15 years. He is in awe of his new daughter. At first, Jin-Yu, age 2, shows no reaction to these new people in her life, taking her away from everything she has ever known. The new parents begin to wonder if something is wrong with her. Then the dam breaks and they can do nothing to console her. They are at a loss of what to do. She soon adapts to her new parents. Her father is interested in trying to find her birth parents, whom he calls "ghosts", to assure them she is loved and taken care of. He has little success.
When the family goes back to China to adopt a second child, Jin-Yu asks if they are leaving her in China. This is a great book if you are thinking of international adoption or are just interested in people who have adopted children. ( )