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1 online resource |
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Notice; Dedication; Epigraph; Prologue: The First Secret; 1. New Baby / New Reality; 2. Panic and Fear: Tracing the Origins; 3. Seeking Safety and Solace in a New Country; 4. Toronto's Safe Harbours: Marriage and Adoption; 5. Our Baby's Homecoming; 6. Michael's First Year: One Mohel, Seven Doctors; 7. Sarah, the Jewish Christmas Miracle; 8. The Secrets and Lies of Adopted Realities; 9. Special Needs Son, Special Needs Family; 10. Six Years In: A Diagnosis; 11. Facing Family Secrets; 12. Lost and Found; 13. Michael's Song |
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14. Adapting to More Realities15. My Family Finds Itself; Epilogue: Wolf Howling at Moon; Acknowledgements |
| Summary |
Not Exactly As Planned is a captivating, deeply moving account of adoption and the unexpected challenges of raising a child with fetal alcohol syndrome. Linda Rosenbaum's life takes a major turn when her son, adopted at birth, is diagnosed with irreversible brain damage. With love, hope and all the medical knowledge she can accumulate, she sets out to change his prognosis and live with as much joy as she can while struggling to accept her new reality. Not Exactly As Planned is more than a story of motherlove. It's about bird- watching, bar mitzvahs, the collision of '60's ideals with the real world, family secrets and woodcarving |
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Rosenbaum, Linda
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Adoptive parents -- Canada -- Biography
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Mothers -- Canada -- Biography
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Adopted children -- Family relationships -- Canada
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Children of prenatal alcohol abuse -- Canada
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- People with Disabilities.
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Adopted children -- Family relationships
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Adoptive parents
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Children of prenatal alcohol abuse
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Mothers
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Canada
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781926452371 |
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1926452372 |
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9781926452395 |
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1926452399 |
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