My story in today’s Daily Mail

Posted by Francesca on Sep 30, 2011 in Blog | 0 comments Following yesterday’s shocking headlines which reported that only 60 babies were adopted in England last year, I was asked by the Daily Mail to describe my experiences of adopting two babies in Mexico because of our failing system. This is what I wrote: We had to go to Mexico to escape UK’s twisted system: How one couple who wanted to adopt got round council bureaucracy Twice, my husband...
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Mexican Takeaway – Too White To Adopt

Posted by Francesca on May 4, 2011 in Blog | 0 comments Mexican Takeaway This book is based on true events. However, the names of all persons connected to our adoption are fictitious. Any resemblance to real people, living or dead, is entirely coincidental. The opening instalment from the first chapter, Too White To Adopt. June 5, 2008 The queue in the customs hall at Heathrow was long, full of weary and bad-tempered travellers, but I didn’t care. I...
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Bruce Oldfield speaks out about adoption

Posted by Francesca on Apr 28, 2011 in Blog | 0 comments Bruce Oldfield, the couture dress designer kindly contributed the foreword to my book. He reflects on his experiences as a foster child and the “obsessive bureaucracy” of our adoption system in the UK which is failing children. This is what he wrote: Common sense might suggest that the route to adoption should be as uncomplicated as possible but we now have a situation in the UK...
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How does it feel to be an adoptive parent?

Posted by Francesca on Apr 11, 2011 in Blog | 1 comment Gaia, my adopted daughter turned three last week. Just a few days later I celebrated Mother’s Day with both of my adopted children for the first time. Invariably people close, and not so close, will ask me how it feels on occasions like this. What they’re angling at, of course, is whether I think about my children’s ‘real’ mothers. This is what I know. I know that...
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