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
Duración:00:00:31
Dedication
Duración:00:00:08
Introduction: HOW THIS BOOK CAME TO BE
Duración:00:06:17
Chapter 1: Following Butterflies
Duración:00:14:12
Chapter 2: I Always Knew It
Duración:00:11:26
Chapter 3: Tougher Than We Thought
Duración:00:08:16
Chapter 4: Open, Semi-Open, Closed & Confusing
Duración:00:14:59
Chapter 5: Under the Microscope
Duración:00:04:24
Chapter 6: Accentuate the Positive
Duración:00:07:53
Chapter 7: Labor(less) Pains
Duración:00:06:09
Chapter 8: Passed Over
Duración:00:03:06
Chapter 9: A Hard Pass
Duración:00:07:14
Chapter 10: The Start of Something Wonderful
Duración:00:05:31
Chapter 11: She Likes My Smile
Duración:00:11:07
Chapter 12: Miss Sunshine
Duración:00:03:42
Chapter 13: Family Isn't Always Blood
Duración:00:20:46
Chapter 14: Our Birth Mother
Duración:00:12:15
Chapter 15: Coincidences--Or Signs?
Duración:00:06:18
Chapter 16: Under Investigation
Duración:00:10:09
Chapter 17: Delivery Day
Duración:00:11:11
Chapter 18: Following Protocol
Duración:00:02:26
Chapter 19: Modern Family
Duración:00:04:34
Chapter 20: More Signs
Duración:00:04:55
Chapter 21: It's Time to Say Goodbye
Duración:00:03:11
Chapter 22: Home at Last
Duración:00:04:15
Chapter 23: Judgment Day
Duración:00:02:20
Chapter 24: 365 Days Later
Duración:00:02:17
Epilogue
Duración:00:02:57
Acknowledgments
Duración:00:03:22
Ending Credits
Duración:00:00:07