Stars: 5
Review by: Mandy Apgar
Melissa and
her husband Donny, a criminal defense attorney, think they have things
settled when she finds herself pregnant at 46. What is a nice Jewish mom
hoping for an empty nest to do? And how does
the name "Gideon" sound? Sadly, she loses the baby almost instantly, but
it awakens in them a then unspoken desire - although their children are
getting towards the age where they will shortly be leaving the house,
they want more. An impulse first takes Melissa
to Bulgaria where they find the Romany born Christian (later "Jesse").
An expose she writes on the children of AIDS ravaged Ethiopia leads them
to their lovely Helen. And then Sol. At that point, once again, they
really thought they were done. But when one
of their elder biological sons bonds with a pair of Ethiopian brothers,
Daniel and Yoseph, out comes the paperwork for numbers 8 and 9. The
problems of raising a multicultural family abound - although she readily
admits that her family is now the athletic terror
squad of their school district - as do a few language barriers and
general homesickness for the kids who did have family behind. But as
time goes on (and the sky mall products keep beeping away) they find a
blended, happy medium. Just don't eat any of Helen's
peppers.
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