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Stranger Care: A Memoir Of Loving What Isn't OursStock informationGeneral Fields
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Local DescriptionStaff Notes: Told in short, lyrical segments, Stranger Care is a memoir about adoption. Determined to parent a child in an ethical way, without contributing to overpopulation or environmental decline, Sarah and her husband Eric decide to foster a child in need. Stranger Care is about navigating a deeply flawed system and about profound, soaring love. It’s about kin - between humans, and trees, and birds, and animals - and all the different ways to build a family. This is a memoir with the pacing and propulsion of a novel. - Charlotte DescriptionSarah Sentilles, the ground-breaking and highly-acclaimed author of Draw Your Weapons, returns in 2021 with Stranger Care, a powerful and extraordinary memoir about her experiences adopting a child in America. Sarah and her husband make the decision to adopt, and after several years and an involved process, they come to take in a baby in need of immediate care. With the goal of this process ultimately a reunion with the birth family, Sarah explores what it means to care for a child that is not your own and who you may one day have to give up. |