Volume : 4, Issue : 4, April - 2015

Adopted Children and Foster Parents: A Study of Preeti Singh's Flirting with Fate

Jitender Singh

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;Adoption and fostering are the customary or optional procedures for taking as one&rsquo;s own a child of other parents.&nbsp;</p> <div>The term &lsquo;adoption&rsquo; usually refers to the legal transformation of a child&rsquo;s familial status, through which individuals&nbsp;</div> <div>permanently assume the major responsibilities of birth parents. The term &lsquo;fostering&rsquo; usually indicates a temporary,&nbsp;</div> <div>mutually agreed upon delegation of the nurturance of the parental role.&nbsp;</div> <div>The present paper aims to ing into the notice Preeti Singh&rsquo;s debut novel, Flirting with Fate (2012). Touching the genre of crime fiction, the author&nbsp;</div> <div>has delved deep into the psyche of adopted children, simultaneously exposing how a well educated society receives these kids and what eathes&nbsp;</div> <div>into their frustrated intellect. The paper is an endeavour to present the grim glimpses of child psychology, to measure the effect of suppressed&nbsp;</div> <div>emotions onto a human&rsquo;s life and what kind of relationship is shared by adopted children and their foster parents</div>