This book was great! It explained more types of adoption than I knew existed, even after having read some other adoption books. This book did a better job of describing all the types of adoption and more than a dozen subtypes. I thought the strategies in the book to adopt quickly and beat the odds were really clever. I liked the casual and easy manner the author explains the information. The author sounded very caring and ethical. I felt like he was just talking to me and explaining everything in a way that made complete sense to me. I found the summary of each state's laws in the back of the book and the biographies of adoption attorneys in each state really interesting and helpful.