Hungarian Rhapsody: An Adoption Story
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Manufacturer: AuthorHouse
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 370
EAN: 9781425957124
ISBN: 1425957129
Label: AuthorHouse
Manufacturer: AuthorHouse
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 212
Publication Date: 2006-10-04
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Studio: AuthorHouse
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"Hungarian Rhapsody: An Adoption Story" is a heart-warming account of an Indiana couple who set out to adopt a child from an orphanage in Eastern Europe but wouldn't stop until they had brought home six children. Fighting red-tape all the way, Jim and Kim Derk were determined to reunite a split-up family and then keep them together at all costs. A must-read for anyone considering international adoption, this heart-felt book offers much insight into what really happens when Americans head overseas to foreign orphanages.
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Summary: Within these pages is an ugly American
Comment: This is a good story by another journalist but is too heavy on the facts of their three Hungarian adoptions and lacking in the emotion of the events. The author's personality is so loud among the lines of the story, it almost drowns out the story he is trying to tell. In reading this book I finally got the meet an ugly American.
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Summary: Wow, what a story
Comment: What an amazing story this is... an Indiana (or Illinois?) couple with no great income or means goes out and adopts seven kids... I could not put this book down. It is an honest portrayal of one family's story... wow.
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Summary: A Story of Giving that's Not Over Yet
Comment: One by one the Derk children capture your hearts as you read James Derk's tale of how a couple of ex-newspaper people expand their family again and again to make sure orphaned siblings in Hungary can grow up in one loving household. A fun mix of narrative and e-mails home to friends and family, Derk's touching account includes tearful goodnight kisses to a lineup of boys in a spare orphanage alongside wry humor at dealing the bureaucracies of both Hungary and the US. A good read that reminds you there are good people in the world, doing generous deeds out of love.
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Summary: Truly a Hungarian Adoption Odyssey
Comment: A tale of unbelievable bureauratic battles, tiring travels, great expense, language difficulties, and determined love involved in adopting four Hungarian sibling orphans, followed by two more siblings in later years. A heartwarming story, told with humor, about the children,their dedicated care givers in the Hungarian orphanage, and the determined adopting parents who would not be discouraged by the many obstacles in their path.
If you liked "Daddy Longlegs" you'll love this book.
A page turner.
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Summary: This Story will Grab You By the Neck and Won't Let You Go
Comment: Ordered an autographed copy of this book online from the author's site [...] and could not put it down. This odyssey of a pair of Hoosiers involved with international adoption is both hilarious: a car that sounds like a weed-whacker, attempting to withdraw enough money out of a Hungarian ATM, the colorful people lining the main thoroughfare - and heart-breaking: so many kids, so much adoption red-tape, Christmas is petting a bunny taken through the orphanage in a small wagon, orphanage workers doing their best to try and make a home for these children, and the Derks' goodnights to the orphans.
I cannot get the image of the ones left behind out of my head.
There needs to be a sequel. How are the kids doing in school? Were there problems after the kids got to America? How long did it take them to adapt - or was it effortless? How do they feel about their home - is the little boy who liked to put things together and take them apart well on the road to a physics scholarship yet - and are there more sisters or brothers in Hungary?
The parts of this book that are funny are absolutely can't-breathe-for-laughing funny. And the parts that are sad...
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