Amazing true story about a woman who moves to China and volunteers in an orphanage. ( )

A wonderfully written book. We are shown what a horrid place China is. People only have access on t.v. and the internet that the government allows, which is sad. The people themselves do not have much of a heart. They discard their children if they are female or have ANY health issue even if it is just cosmetic. They are put in orphanages were the babies are beaten for crying, toddlers are tied to chairs. Babies all share bottles and are only given little time before the bottle goes to the next baby. No toys. If they are not strong enough they are left to die. The people who are to take care of them treat them worse then animals. I give this women so much praise for going with her heart and with the strength of god to give these children everything she could. There is so much more to this book. This is a must read for everyone, to know the real China.
"Chinese people can be so inhumane" Quote from Kay Bratt ( )

This was a free book on from Amazon on my Kindle. Unlike the old adage, this time I received considerably more than I paid for.

This is a memoir of four years spent in China by a woman who donates time to a Chinese orphanage which is filled with abandoned children, many of them with special needs. Initially she spends only one day a week at the orphanage, but quickly becomes considerably more involved in organizing others to visit, raising money, working with the officials to get permission for surgeries for the children and arranging for adoptions for some children, and in taking some of the children to her home for special care.

This books gives lots of information about how that particular orphanage is organized and run and daily life where she lived in China. It was amazing to me that these women who helped at the orphanage were so often able to keep from stepping in to cure or stop the ignorance and abuses they saw every day. Through Barratt's words I begame very involved in the lives of some of the children and was thrilled that at the end of the book she includes letters sent by the adoptive mothers (or in the case of one letter -- from the child himself). It allowed me closure to their lives to see how well they were doing in their new country. Recommended. ( )

The subject matter make this an emotional read, but it is written in an easy to the eye fashion. If you hav adoped a child from china this is a "must read" book". ( )