{"product_id":"grit-magic-melanie-herz-promecene-9781641842815","title":"Grit \u0026 Magic: A Mother's Story of Modern Adoption","description":"\u003cp\u003eIs it possible to stay hopeful - and to keep a sense of humor - while your deepest desire is threatened? When you're falsely accused? When people you trust advise you to hide your heritage?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMelanie Herz Promecene, who faced each of those challenges while trying to adopt a child, is walking proof that the answer is yes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this staggeringly honest, often hilarious, always hopeful memoir, Promecene takes readers with her through the terror of 9\/11 in New York, the floods of Hurricane Harvey in Houston, the winding streets of Beijing, and a beautiful day in Florence. And, of course, readers join her as she overcomes seemingly impossible obstacles of bureaucracy and biology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer account of heartbreaking decisions, innocent misunderstandings that threaten to have devastating results, and the quirks and joy of her own large family are compelling and ultimately heartwarming.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlong the way, she realizes that she and her husband aren't choosing their son: He is choosing them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou'll never look at rainbows the same way.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Melanie Herz Promecene\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1641842814\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781641842815\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Open Doors Publishing House LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/02\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 196\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.71lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.50d","brand":"Melanie Herz Promecene","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47579823079679,"sku":"9781641842815","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0603a902-8af5-4c3f-b7a9-32748941d9f2.jpg?v=1763876900","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/grit-magic-melanie-herz-promecene-9781641842815","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}