God and Jetfire: Confessions of a Birth Mother

God and Jetfire is a mother's account of her decision to surrender her son in an open...
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Author: Amy Seek
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God and Jetfire: Confessions of a Birth Mother by Seek, Amy

God and Jetfire: Confessions of a Birth Mother

BD$31.56

God and Jetfire: Confessions of a Birth Mother

BD$31.56
Author: Amy Seek
Format: Paperback
Language: English

God and Jetfire is a mother's account of her decision to surrender her son in an open adoption and of their relationship over the twelve years that follow. Facing an unplanned pregnancy at twenty-two, Amy Seek and her ex-boyfriend begin an exhaustive search for a family to raise their child. They sift through hundreds of Dear Birth Mother letters, craft an extensive questionnaire, and interview numerous potential couples. Despite the immutability of the surrender, it does little to diminish Seek's newfound feelings of motherhood. Once an ambitious architecture student, she struggles to reconcile her sadness with the hope that she's done the best for her son, a struggle complicated by her continued, active presence in his life.

For decades, closed adoptions were commonplace. Now, new laws are guaranteeing adoptees' access to birth records, and open adoption is on the rise. God and Jetfire is the rare memoir that explores the intricate dynamics and exceptional commitment of an open-adoption relationship from the perspective of a birth mother searching for her place within it.

Written with literary poise and distinction, God and Jetfire is the story of a life divided between grief and gratitude, regret and joy. It is an elegy for a lost motherhood, a celebration of a family gained, and an apology to a beloved son.

Author: Amy Seek
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: 07/05/2016
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.70h x 5.70w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780374536268

About the Author
Amy Seek is a landscape architect. She lives and works in New York City.


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