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A woman unexpectedly finds her best self through a sleepy bundle handed over at the airport in this heartfelt and surprising memoir.

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"In this honest and thoughtful memoir, Susanne Antonetta examines not only her own adoption journey but also family, home, and parenting. At once personal and universal, Antonetta ultimately shows us that no matter how we make a family, ‘each love has its own body of water.’" -- Ann Hood, author of The Obituary Writer
"Reflecting on her troubled childhood, aging parents, and Korean-born son’s complex sense of his own origins, Antonetta wrestles with the vexing conundrum of human connection. Call it adoption, call it something else. This book ‘gives a shape to what love is.’" -- Ralph James Savarese, author of Reasonable People: A Memoir of Autism and Adoption
"An award-winning memoirist’s moving account of how adopting a South Korean baby taught her about motherhood and love." -- Kirkus Reviews

Make Me a Mother A Memoir

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      Publisher: WW Norton & Co
      Publication Date: 21/03/2014
      ISBN13: 9780393068177, 978-0393068177
      ISBN10: 039306817X

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A woman unexpectedly finds her best self through a sleepy bundle handed over at the airport in this heartfelt and surprising memoir.

      Trade Review
      "In this honest and thoughtful memoir, Susanne Antonetta examines not only her own adoption journey but also family, home, and parenting. At once personal and universal, Antonetta ultimately shows us that no matter how we make a family, ‘each love has its own body of water.’" -- Ann Hood, author of The Obituary Writer
      "Reflecting on her troubled childhood, aging parents, and Korean-born son’s complex sense of his own origins, Antonetta wrestles with the vexing conundrum of human connection. Call it adoption, call it something else. This book ‘gives a shape to what love is.’" -- Ralph James Savarese, author of Reasonable People: A Memoir of Autism and Adoption
      "An award-winning memoirist’s moving account of how adopting a South Korean baby taught her about motherhood and love." -- Kirkus Reviews

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