Reviews for Children Of Dreams

The average rating for Children Of Dreams based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2012-05-14 00:00:00 Joshua Lovi This is one of those books I wanted to like so much more than I actually did. I just didn't care for the author. First the good. It is very well-written. She is very passionate about adoption. Roberts is also very open with sharing her story. I definitely learned a lot about international adoption and what comes with it. That said I found the author almost unlikable. Instantly the reader is subjected to her lack of cultural insensitivity. I understood the shock at the lack of toilet paper. However, an adult should be able to move past it much more quickly than she seemed to be able. The straw that broke the camel's back came fairly early. She has just adopted her first daughter, and one of the first things she does is remove her nose and ear piercings WHILE HER DAUGHTER SLEEPS. She says just sentences later her daughter didn't nap again. Why does she do it? Because they aren't Christian or American symbols. My heart broke for that little girl. Here she is with a stranger with whom she needs to bond and that woman is more concerned with her new daughter's appearance. Instead of worrying about making her a Christian she is wrapped up in superficial symbols. I found the author whiny through the book. I almost feel badly typing that, but I always felt she was so worried with appearing a good Christian more so than being one.

Review # 2 was written on 2011-09-19 00:00:00 Nye Lee Children of Dreams is a true story of a single woman's determination to fulfill her longing to become a mother and facing the numerous obstacles designed to destroy that dream. Fortunately, God is on her side because she's going not going to get this done without Him. The author painstakingly takes the reader through her sometimes painful, but ultimately triumphant journey of adopting her two daughters from the countries of Nepal and Vietnam. From a failed marriage, to financial issues, to her age (apparently being 39 instead of 40 could derail an adoption), the monstrous bureaucracies and outright corruption involved in international adoptions is a sometimes humorous, but mostly harrowing journey to motherhood. Fortunately, it is worth the trip. Using the correlation of God adopting us into his family by the sacrifice of His Son, the author uses scripture to emphasis the painful changes necessary that the Lord had to make in her in order to be the mother she longed to be. This is a story of trusting God no matter how insurmountable the difficulties may seem. I warn you, you'll shed a tear or two along the way, but not all of them sad. I dare you not to cry when her daughter Manisha, who could speak no English at the time, told her adoptive mother "I love you" for the first time. Go on, I dare you.