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Carry-On Check-In: A True Story of Hope, Heartbreak, and Home

By Angela Sherman, Jean Lake
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By Angela Sherman, Jean Lake
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Carry-On: A True Story of Hope, Heartbreak, and Home

Part 1

by Jean Lake

In the 1970s, an American couple sets out to teach abroad, but for one determined woman, the journey becomes a desperate quest to adopt a baby no one else wants. From typhoons in Guam to the chaos of Manila under martial law and deep into Thailand's lush landscapes and harsh realities, she confronts cultural barriers, bureaucratic roadblocks, and moral dilemmas.

Candid and compelling, part 1 of this memoir chronicles a raw...