{"product_id":"redefining-family-a-birthmothers-path-to-wholeness-paperback","title":"Redefining Family: A Birthmother's Path to Wholeness - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eA. K. Snyder\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn an unconventional blend of poetry and prose, a birthmother shares her experience of an open adoption. The fear and uncertainty in planning. The heartbreak of losing her child. And the work of healing and building a life after placement. This memoir hits every emotion on the way to the happy and hopeful ending. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI am not ready, not able, to raise you.\u003cbr\u003e Ten years too early, I need time to grow up.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo offer you, I have love.\u003cbr\u003e And nothing else.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou need more than I have to give, \u003cbr\u003e Unless I give you up.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo parents who are ready, waiting, to raise you.\u003cbr\u003e Ten years wanting, with a ready home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eParents who have love, \u003cbr\u003e And everything else, too.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf I do it, \u003cbr\u003e If I break my own heart to spare yours, \u003cbr\u003e Will it work?\u003cbr\u003e Will you be happier, healthier this way?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd will I ever be okay again?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwenty years of a birthmother's experience--the fear, grief, healing, and acceptance--are exposed in this intimate narrative. It will break your heart, then heal it, with new perspectives on adoption, openness, and the complex ways we define family. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSummary\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeventeen and pregnant, Alycea spends her senior year planning for the future. The only way she can give her daughter a stable childhood is to place her for adoption. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEven in ideal circumstances--a voluntary placement in an open adoption with generous adoptive parents--a birthmother grieves the loss of her child. With a broken heart and heavy past, Alycea must figure out how to keep moving forward, build her own life, and walk the fine line required to keep the adoption open. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer path to healing means redefining what it means to love, to be a good parent, and to be a family. This memoir hits every emotion on the way to the happy and hopeful ending. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 338\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.76 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 25, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51792395731232,"sku":"9780578612850","price":17.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/03b43bf16d6ff2775d9f8ce2d5256b27.webp?v=1780700377","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/redefining-family-a-birthmothers-path-to-wholeness-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}