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Touching, uncooked, and informative, Jennifer Gilmore’s next book is definitely an unforgettable tale of love, family, and parenthood. With a “voice [that's] at turns smart and barbed with sharp humor” (Vanity Fair), Gilmore lays bare the tale of 1 couple’s fervent desire to have a young child and their psychological journey through ownership. Ramon and Brian really are a loving couple, but they change to ownership, relieved to consider that when they understand the path to parent-cover they'll have a happy ending, after decades used unsuccessfully looking to get pregnant. But nothing has prepared them for the labyrinthine process—for the numerous workout sessions and approvals; for the continuous guidance from friends, visitors, and “experts”; for the birthmothers who contact them but don’t fundamentally select them; if not, most surprisingly, for the ladies who call declaring they’ve selected Brian and Ramon but who come out not to have now been pregnant in the very first place.