The Velveteen Father: An Unexpected Journey to ParenthoodBeing a parent was not a high priority -- or even much of a likelihood -- for acclaimed journalist and novelist Jesse Green. Yet when Green, at the age of thirty-seven, fell in love with a man who had recently adopted a baby boy, fatherhood suddenly fell into his lap. Now in this warm, humorous, deeply personal book, Green recounts the unexpected journey he and his partner traveled together on the road to parenthood."The Velveteen Father" is a contemporary classic of the transformative effects parenthood can have on people who least expect to become parents -- and of how we are repeatedly made anew by the love of children who need us. |
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