ANY OTHER FAMILY : A STRIKING PORTRAIT OF MOTHERHOOD IN ALL ITS FORMS
ANY OTHER FAMILY : A STRIKING PORTRAIT OF MOTHERHOOD IN ALL ITS FORMS
They look just like any other family. But they aren't a family like any other not quite. Instead, they are three sets of parents who adopted four biological siblings, committing to keeping the children connected after the death of their grandmother. Tabitha the planner of the group, is insistent that everything happens just so. Quiet single mother Ginger resists the forced togetherness, and Elizabeth, is still reeling from going directly from failed fertility treatments into adopting a newborn. A surprising call from their childrens birth mother announces she is pregnant again and wants them to help her find an adoptive family for this baby too threatens to destroy the delicate bonds they are still struggling to form. As tensions rise, the three women reckon with their own feelings about what it means to be a mother and what they owe each other as a family. Any Other Family is a thought-provoking and poignant look at how families shift and evolve and a striking portrait of motherhood in all its forms.'Brown has a sure hand in portraying the adoptive women; their smart, lively dialogue sparks as the characters try to define the boundaries of a family' Publishers' Weekly 'A prismatic story of family, adoption, and how the people we choose to keep close shape who we are' Kirkus 'Explores what it means to be a family, in all its messy complication' Christina Baker Kline