Umbilical Cord
Fin Macdonald
, Marilyn Stanley
, Cathy White
, Jude Castillo
, Melissa Kohlman
, Linda Leitch
, Karen Nordrum
, Margo Beredjiklian
, Natasa Ilic
, Barry Kazimer
, Deb Philippon
, Deana Bueley
, Cassandra Schiemann
, PATRICIA SOPEL
, Noelle Walsh
, Mary-Esther Lee
, Diane O'Flaherty
, Phreia Von Woolfgard
, Andrea Pole
, Dawn Macdonald
, Sarah Schwartz
, LJ Law
, Katie Olivier
, Yolande Thivierge
, Aneesah Jaffer
, Megan Brodie
, Kim Cappellina
, Lise Gaston
, Joann Horgan
, Melanie Solar
, Vanessa Charbonneau-Dinelle
, Pamela Roberts Griffith
, Maria Mclean
, Christopher Evans
, Sara Conway
, Janet Meisner
, Janice Cournoyer
, Lauren Seal
, Randi Ann Doll
, Andrea Gillespie
, Anndee Newson
, Nadia Cescato
editor@49thShelf.com
Dear Child
Once upon a time
Your baba fell in love with your dad
We got married and dreamt of having a baby
A roller coaster of emotions and feelings
We were always hopeful
Lambda Literary and Stonewall Book Award-winner Hasan Namir shares a joyful collection about parenting, fatherhood and hope. These warm free-verse poems document the journey that he and his husband took to have a child. Between love letters to their young son, Namir shares insight into his love story with his husband, the complexities of the IVF surrogacy process and the first year as a family of three. Umbilical Cord is a heartfelt book for parents or would-be parents, with a universal message of hope.
