Russian law allows foreign nationals to adopt Russian orphans. But there is a catch: only children with birth defects and incurable medical conditions may be adopted. Adopting Olya is the story of one such adoption. Four-year-old Olya has lived in the Children's Home in Chelyabinsk all her life. She has been diagnosed with a vague "developmental disability." Sam and Meredith live in California, have never traveled to Russia, and know their future daughter from a video. Sam and Merideth walk into the orphanage with gifts for Olya, but soon every child in the room is playing with balloons and soap bubbles. A year later we visit Olya in her new California home, celebrating her first Independence Day.
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