Table of Contents

Foreword Kevin Kreutner Preface Prologue Part 1. The Journey 1. The Agony 2. "Why Can't We?" 3. The Relinquishment 4. Shopping for Kids 5. Forgotten Land 6. An American Girl Part 2. The Return 7. Searching for Antonia 8. The Meeting 9. Sad Truth 10. The Storm 11. Reunion 12. Escape Epilogue Bibliography

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An investigation into the Guatemalan adoption industry and its relationship to the United States.

About the Author

Jacob Wheeler is a freelance journalist, editor at TheUptake.org, and publisher of the Glen Arbor Sun (Michigan). His writings have appeared in In These Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Christian Science Monitor, and the Chicago Sun-Times among other publications. Kevin Kreutner is the father of two children from Guatemala and the chief writer for the popular GuatAdopt.com website.

Reviews

"Jacob Wheeler has written a rare masterpiece of heartbreak, discovery, and adventure, in that Between Light and Shadow is a rare work of compassion, clarity, truth-telling, and above all, humanity. This is the human drama writ large: Who am I? What am I? asked by children whose imploring voices Wheeler captures pitch-perfectly. I can't imagine a more searing and dramatically told account of youth and parenthood. This is a wonderful, emotionally satisfying book, told masterfully." - Doug Stanton, author of New York Times bestsellers In Harm's Way and Horse Soldiers " "Jacob Wheeler brings some desperately needed clarity to the socially complex, morally and legally confusing issue of U.S. adoptions from Guatemala. He has done the legwork, shown commitment and courage, and the reporting in this book is diligent, heartfelt and thoughtful." - Francisco Goldman, author of New York Times Notable The Art of Political Murder: Who Killed the Bishop and The Long Night of White Chickens