{"product_id":"book-efpy","title":"Redefining Family","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"This story is necessary in terms of bringing the beauty and agony of adoption out of the shadows.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten as a narrative to my daughter, I wanted her to have the whole story. Where she came from. Why I placed her for adoption. And how, for the next eighteen years, I hovered on the edges of her family, granted access by her generous parents, but always wanting more. More for her, and more for me. This daughter, who arrived before I was ready for her, redefined love and hope and family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eI am not ready, not able, to raise you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTen years too early, I need time to grow up.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo offer you, I have love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd nothing else.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou need more than I have to give,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnless I give you up.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo parents who are ready, waiting, to raise you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTen years wanting, with a ready home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eParents who have love,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd everything else, too.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf I do it,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf I break my own heart to spare yours,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWill it work?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWill you be happier, healthier this way?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd will I ever be okay again?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis unconventional memoir tells the story of a kinship adoption from the perspective of a birthmother. The intimate narrative will break your heart, then heal it, with new perspectives on adoption, openness, and the complex ways we define family.  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"INAudio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49432413864240,"sku":"BDefpy","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/efpy-Square-cover.jpg?v=1773297110","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-efpy","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}