Grit & Magic
Melanie Herz Promecene
Is it possible to stay hopeful - and to keep a sense of humor - while your deepest desire is threatened? When you're falsely accused? When people you trust advise you to hide your heritage?
Melanie Herz Promecene, who faced each of those challenges while trying to adopt a child, is walking proof that the answer is yes.
In this staggeringly honest, often hilarious, always hopeful memoir, Promecene takes readers with her through the terror of 9/11 in New York, the floods of Hurricane Harvey in Houston, the winding streets of Beijing, and a beautiful day in Florence. And, of course, readers join her as she overcomes seemingly impossible obstacles of bureaucracy and biology.
Her account of heartbreaking decisions, innocent misunderstandings that threaten to have devastating results, and the quirks and joy of her own large family are compelling and ultimately heartwarming.
Along the way, she realizes that she and her husband aren't choosing their son: He is choosing them. You'll never look at rainbows the same way.
Duration - 3h 15m.
Author - Melanie Herz Promecene.
Narrator - Melanie Herz Promecene.
Published Date - Sunday, 22 January 2023.
Copyright - © 2020 Melanie Herz Promecene ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
Is it possible to stay hopeful - and to keep a sense of humor - while your deepest desire is threatened? When you're falsely accused? When people you trust advise you to hide your heritage? Melanie Herz Promecene, who faced each of those challenges while trying to adopt a child, is walking proof that the answer is yes. In this staggeringly honest, often hilarious, always hopeful memoir, Promecene takes readers with her through the terror of 9/11 in New York, the floods of Hurricane Harvey in Houston, the winding streets of Beijing, and a beautiful day in Florence. And, of course, readers join her as she overcomes seemingly impossible obstacles of bureaucracy and biology. Her account of heartbreaking decisions, innocent misunderstandings that threaten to have devastating results, and the quirks and joy of her own large family are compelling and ultimately heartwarming. Along the way, she realizes that she and her husband aren't choosing their son: He is choosing them. You'll never look at rainbows the same way. Duration - 3h 15m. Author - Melanie Herz Promecene. Narrator - Melanie Herz Promecene. Published Date - Sunday, 22 January 2023. Copyright - © 2020 Melanie Herz Promecene ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
Duration:00:00:31
Dedication
Duration:00:00:08
Introduction: HOW THIS BOOK CAME TO BE
Duration:00:06:17
Chapter 1: Following Butterflies
Duration:00:14:12
Chapter 2: I Always Knew It
Duration:00:11:26
Chapter 3: Tougher Than We Thought
Duration:00:08:16
Chapter 4: Open, Semi-Open, Closed & Confusing
Duration:00:14:59
Chapter 5: Under the Microscope
Duration:00:04:24
Chapter 6: Accentuate the Positive
Duration:00:07:53
Chapter 7: Labor(less) Pains
Duration:00:06:09
Chapter 8: Passed Over
Duration:00:03:06
Chapter 9: A Hard Pass
Duration:00:07:14
Chapter 10: The Start of Something Wonderful
Duration:00:05:31
Chapter 11: She Likes My Smile
Duration:00:11:07
Chapter 12: Miss Sunshine
Duration:00:03:42
Chapter 13: Family Isn't Always Blood
Duration:00:20:46
Chapter 14: Our Birth Mother
Duration:00:12:15
Chapter 15: Coincidences--Or Signs?
Duration:00:06:18
Chapter 16: Under Investigation
Duration:00:10:09
Chapter 17: Delivery Day
Duration:00:11:11
Chapter 18: Following Protocol
Duration:00:02:26
Chapter 19: Modern Family
Duration:00:04:34
Chapter 20: More Signs
Duration:00:04:55
Chapter 21: It's Time to Say Goodbye
Duration:00:03:11
Chapter 22: Home at Last
Duration:00:04:15
Chapter 23: Judgment Day
Duration:00:02:20
Chapter 24: 365 Days Later
Duration:00:02:17
Epilogue
Duration:00:02:57
Acknowledgments
Duration:00:03:22
Ending Credits
Duration:00:00:07