Rock Needs River. A Memoir About A Very Open Adoption

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Little A
Publisher Place: New York
Publisher Year: 2019
Edition: First Edition

Description: 182 pages. Ex-Library. Book is in Very good condition throughout.

Publishers Description: From a story first told in the popular New York Times parenting blog comes a funny, touching memoir about a mother who welcomes more than a new daughter into her home. After two years of waiting to adopt--slogging through paperwork and bouncing between hope and despair--a miracle finally happened for Vanessa McGrady. Her sweet baby, Grace, was a dream come true. Then Vanessa made a highly uncommon gesture: when Graces biological parents became homeless, Vanessa invited them to stay. Without a blueprint for navigating the practical basics of an open adoption or any discussion of expectations or boundaries, the unusual living arrangement became a bottomless well of conflicting emotions and increasingly difficult decisions complicated by missed opportunities, regret, social chaos, and broken hearts. Written with wit, candor, and compassion, Rock Needs River is, ultimately, Vanessas love letter to her daughter, one that illuminates the universal need for connection and the heroines journey to find her tribe.

ISBN: 9781503903685