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In search of Emma : how we created our family / Armando Lucas Correa.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Spanish Publisher: New York, NY : HarperOne, 2021Edition: First HarperOne editionDescription: xv, 314 pages ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0063070812
  • 9780063070813
Uniform titles:
  • En busca de Emma. English
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
2000-2004, the search: Fear ; The new millennium ; Absent father ; The first agency ; Diana ; Infertile ; The void ; A broken heart ; "Angel of the waters" ; The second agency ; The endless project ; Everything changes ; The promised land ; Surrogate alternatives ; Baby M ; Mary ; The seed ; Alicia ; Mater certa, pater incertus ; The embrace ; The clinic ; The pioneer ; The presence of God ; The approval ; The first accident ; Homeless ; Karen ; KM v. EG ; The connection ; The second accident ; Returning to Miami ; Meeting Karen ; The miracles ; My thirteen babies ; Donum vitae ; The third accident -- 2005, the arrival: New year ; My three babies ; The lullaby ; Pregnant ; Attached ; Heartbeats ; The fourth accident ; The first image ; It's a girl! ; Baby Correa ; Kicking ; Contractions ; The last trip ; The day before ; Meeting Emma.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 306.874 C824 Available 33111010748867
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Revised and updated with a new introduction by the author--and available in English for the first time--the moving story of a man who always wanted to be a father and the long emotional road to making his dream come true.



Born in Cuba and raised in the USA, Armando Lucas Correa epitomized the American dream. He had everything he wanted: an incredible job as the editor of People magazine, meeting and interviewing glamorous celebrities; a steady partner; and a comfortable life filled with travel. But with the new millennium, he realized something vital was missing. A child.

In the years before gay marriage was widespread and legal across the nation, the road to parenthood was difficult for gay couples. Though his family would not be traditional, Correa was undaunted. Every setback, each emotional challenge was fuel that drove him to fulfill his dream. Exhaustively researching the possibilities, Correa eventually chose surrogacy--a long, arduous, and expensive method involving seemingly endless tests, paperwork, and difficult decisions. But with the help of science, a lot of patience, an egg donor, a gestational mother, and the unconditional support of her partner and family, Correa's dream finally came true with the birth of his beloved daughter, Emma.

In Search of Emma is an inspiring and beautiful story of love, family, and fatherhood that reminds us of that, despite the odds, we must never stop fighting to achieve our dreams. Completely revised and updated to reflect his growing family.

In English, translated from the Spanish.

Translation of: En busca de Emma.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-314).

2000-2004, the search: Fear ; The new millennium ; Absent father ; The first agency ; Diana ; Infertile ; The void ; A broken heart ; "Angel of the waters" ; The second agency ; The endless project ; Everything changes ; The promised land ; Surrogate alternatives ; Baby M ; Mary ; The seed ; Alicia ; Mater certa, pater incertus ; The embrace ; The clinic ; The pioneer ; The presence of God ; The approval ; The first accident ; Homeless ; Karen ; KM v. EG ; The connection ; The second accident ; Returning to Miami ; Meeting Karen ; The miracles ; My thirteen babies ; Donum vitae ; The third accident -- 2005, the arrival: New year ; My three babies ; The lullaby ; Pregnant ; Attached ; Heartbeats ; The fourth accident ; The first image ; It's a girl! ; Baby Correa ; Kicking ; Contractions ; The last trip ; The day before ; Meeting Emma.

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