The Promise I Kept
A mother's journey to save a child from the poverty and squalor of post-Cold War Romania
Biography & Memoir
| Author: | Adele Rickerby | ISBN: | 9781909544512 |
| Publisher: | Memoirs Publishing | Publication: | June 4, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Mereo | Language: | English |
| Author: | Adele Rickerby |
| ISBN: | 9781909544512 |
| Publisher: | Memoirs Publishing |
| Publication: | June 4, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Mereo |
| Language: | English |
In 1991, unable to have a second child because of a medical problem and struggling to cope in a failing marriage, New Zealander Adele Rickerby decided to take her future in her hands by adopting a child from Romania. The misguided policies of the recently-deposed Ceasescu government on family planning had led to the birth of an estimated 100,000 unwanted babies in that country. The Promise I Kept is Adeles story of her nightmare journey halfway round the world to find and adopt a baby, to negotiate her way through the barriers created by red tape and corrupt officialdom and finally to carry her tiny new daughter safely home to a life where she could be properly loved and cared for.
In 1991, unable to have a second child because of a medical problem and struggling to cope in a failing marriage, New Zealander Adele Rickerby decided to take her future in her hands by adopting a child from Romania. The misguided policies of the recently-deposed Ceasescu government on family planning had led to the birth of an estimated 100,000 unwanted babies in that country. The Promise I Kept is Adeles story of her nightmare journey halfway round the world to find and adopt a baby, to negotiate her way through the barriers created by red tape and corrupt officialdom and finally to carry her tiny new daughter safely home to a life where she could be properly loved and cared for.
