Consider the source before accepting this material compiled by Lori Carangelo. She has an anti-adoption agenda, so the statistics in this tome are compiled to put adoption in the worst light possible.Aside from her deep personal biases, Carangelo has drawn her information from highly questionable sources, many of whom share her irrational attitude toward adoption.I too am a Social Sciences Bibliographer, but unlike another reviewer of this title, I am aware that one does not acceptany book uncritically.Solid, statistical information about adoption is difficult to find. Neither this book nor the web based version of it provides meaningful, helpful, carefully gathered statistics.