A New American Family: A Love Story

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A New American Family peter likins The University of Arizona Press Tucson a love story The University of Arizona Press© 2011 Peter Likins All rights reserved www.uapress.arizona.edu Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Likins, Peter W. A new American family : a love story / Peter Likins. p. cm. Includes index. ISBN 978-0-8165-2931-5 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Likins, Peter W. 2. Adoptive parents—United States—Biography. 3. Interracial adoption—United States. 4. Families—United States. 5. United States—Race relations. I. Title. HV874.82.L55A3 2011 362.734092—dc22 [B] 2010031369 Manufactured in the United States of America on acid-free, archival-quality paper containing a minimum of 30% postconsumer waste and processed chlorine free. 16 15 14 13 12 11 6 5 4 3 2 1 To the heroine of our story, the love of my life, my wife and the mother of our children, Patricia Likins ...