Make me a mother, a memoir, Susanne Antonetta
Type
Label
Make me a mother, a memoir, Susanne Antonetta
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
resource.biographical
contains biographical information
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Make me a mother
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
866766441
Responsibility statement
Susanne Antonetta
Sub title
a memoir
Summary
Relates how the author and her husband adopted a six-month-old boy from South Korea and the lessons they had to learn as parents, including how to incorporate aspects of another culture and how to discuss birth parents with their son
Table Of Contents
Prologue: Adoption as a way of saying life -- Part I: Arrival -- Infancy : finding family at the S gate -- Infancy : like being alive twice -- Part II: Before -- Dream baby -- An empty car seat -- Part III: After -- Baby : and to my name as son -- One year old : separation anxieties -- Part IV: Growing up -- Ages two and three : the doctor of Siena -- Early childhood : of many born -- Age ten : mothers and real mothers -- Age eleven : all of the above -- Age twelve : hosts -- Age twelve : embarking -- Age thirteen : going back -- Part V: My adoptive family -- Ages thirteen and fourteen : old souls and young fools -- Age fourteen : all roads lead to you -- Age fifteen : moving on -- Mille grazie
Classification
Creator
Subject
- Parenting -- United States
- Adoptive parents -- United States -- Biography
- Intercountry adoption -- United States
- Child rearing -- United States
- Interracial adoption -- United States
- Antonetta, Susanne, 1956-
- Antonetta, Susanne, 1956- -- Family
- Mothers -- United States -- Biography
- Intercountry adoption -- Korea (South)
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- Classification1
- Creator1
- Subject9
- Parenting -- United States
- Adoptive parents -- United States -- Biography
- Intercountry adoption -- United States
- Child rearing -- United States
- Interracial adoption -- United States
- Antonetta, Susanne, 1956-
- Antonetta, Susanne, 1956- -- Family
- Mothers -- United States -- Biography
- Intercountry adoption -- Korea (South)
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