Jennifer Gilmore
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
Jesse and Ramon are a loving couple, but after years spent unsuccessfully trying to get pregnant, they turn to adoption, relieved to think that once they navigate the bureaucratic path to parent-hood they will have a happy ending. But nothing has prepared them for the labyrinthine process--for the many training sessions and approvals; for the constant advice from friends, strangers, and zexpertsy; for the birthmothers who contact them but don't ultimately...
2) If only
Author
Publisher
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
At sixteen Bridget is pregnant-- and her boyfriend has dumped her for another girl. She's trying to envision an future for her baby. But as she sifts through the many paths and the many people who want to parent her child, she can't help but feel that there is no right decision. Fifteen years later: Ivy knows that she is now the same age Bridget was when she placed Ivy for adoption. She knows that Bridget was the one who named her. When Ivy goes in...