Aching to expand from a couple to a family, Jeff Gammage—a reporter for the Philadelphia Inquirer —and his wife, Christine, embarked upon a journey that would carry them across a shifting landscape of emotion and through miles of red tape and bureaucratic protocol. On the other side of the world—in the smog-choked city of Changsha in Hunan Province—a silent, stoic little girl was waiting for them: Jin Yu, their new daughter. Now they would have to learn how to fully embrace a life altered beyond recognition by new concerns and responsibilities—and by a love unlike any they'd ever felt before. Alive with insight and feeling, China Ghosts is an eye-opening depiction of the foreign adoption process and a remarkable glimpse into a different culture. Most important, it is a poignant, heartfelt, and intensely intimate chronicle of the making of a family. “The most informative and heartfelt book I’ve read about the adoption of girls from China. Jeff Gammage has a big and good heart, so he doesn’t shy away from the deepest emotions―positive, negative, and ambivalent―that come with changing his family so abruptly and irrevocably.” - Lisa See, author of Snow Flower and the Secret Fan “Revealing . . . thoughtful . . . A father-daughter love story from a sensitive writer who doesn’t neglect thorny issues of race and culture.” - Kirkus Reviews “[A] moving geographic and psychological odyssey to China.” - USA Today “Touching . . . Gammage’s beautifully written memoir, which weaves together emotionally wrenching narrative with insightful social commentary, will resonate with any American who has taken the same journey . . . ” - Philadelphia Inquirer “A love story between father and daughter . . . Powerful emotions.” - Washington Post Book World Aching to expand from a couple to a family, Jeff Gammage—a reporter for the Philadelphia Inquirer —and his wife, Christine, embarked upon a journey that would carry them across a shifting landscape of emotion and through miles of red tape and bureaucratic protocol. On the other side of the world—in the smog-choked city of Changsha in Hunan Province—a silent, stoic little girl was waiting for them: Jin Yu, their new daughter. Now they would have to learn how to fully embrace a life altered beyond recognition by new concerns and responsibilities—and by a love unlike any they'd ever felt before. Alive with insight and feeling, China Ghosts is an eye-opening depiction of the foreign adoption process and a remarkable glimpse into a different culture. Most important, it is a poignant, heartfelt, and intensely intimate chronicle of the making of a family. Jeff Gammage is a reporter for the Philadelphia Inquirer . He lives with his wife, Christine, and their daughters, Jin Yu and Zhao Gu, in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania.