From Longing To Belonging: An Adoption Story - Paperback

by Jeannine Higgins (Author)

Author Jeannine Higgins recalls the compelling story of the coming together of her family through the adoption of her three daughters from Russia.

Jeannine Higgins considers herself and her husband, Terry to be two ordinary people who experienced the extraordinary. In her debut memoir, From Longing to Belonging, she chronicles their five journeys to post-Soviet Russia from 1998 to 2003 to adopt their daughters, Marissa, Madeline and Katherine. They were eye witnesses to a time of rapid social, cultural and political change in Russia. She describes their experiences of visiting state-run orphanages and details the love, resiliency and determination necessary to build their family through adoption.