Six When He Came to Us is a moving account of adoption from Russiain1993. It is told with humor and compassion combined with a look at the underlying complex issues involved in international adoption. It is an Indie Reader recommended book and was named as one of twelve notable memoirs of the year by Shelf Unbound. An excerpt from the book, titled Pet Connections, appears in Chicken Soup: Joy of Adoption and was used as a promotional story for that book.