The process of open adoption is not discussed in the way it should be. Everyone I know who has adopted domestically has at least one tragic story. It was important to me to be able to describe those situations.
With domestic adoption, you get a form, you fill it out, and there are these boxes: African-American, African-American and Hispanic, and you check th… - Jennifer Gilmore
With domestic adoption, you get a form, you fill it out, and there are these boxes: African-American, African-American and Hispanic, and you check th…
- Jennifer Gilmore
I will say in open adoption, all these choices you make about race, about the amount of mental illness you can deal with, about special needs and phy… - Jennifer Gilmore
I will say in open adoption, all these choices you make about race, about the amount of mental illness you can deal with, about special needs and phy…
Idea of the generations continuing is really important. And that's interesting to me. I write about families; I'm interested in families. Even though… - Jennifer Gilmore
Idea of the generations continuing is really important. And that's interesting to me. I write about families; I'm interested in families. Even though…
My father is an economist who specialized in foreign food policy, and my mother worked for AID, a branch of the State Department, so food in regards … - Jennifer Gilmore
My father is an economist who specialized in foreign food policy, and my mother worked for AID, a branch of the State Department, so food in regards …
History releases me from my own experience and jogs my fictional imagination. - Jennifer Gilmore
History releases me from my own experience and jogs my fictional imagination.
I think that when the world feels safe and secure, we probably feel more that way in our personal lives. What goes on in the world affects us, unequi… - Jennifer Gilmore
I think that when the world feels safe and secure, we probably feel more that way in our personal lives. What goes on in the world affects us, unequi…
I think publishing's strength is also its weakness. It's got such a rich and celebrated history as an industry. For the most part, publishing people … - Jennifer Gilmore
I think publishing's strength is also its weakness. It's got such a rich and celebrated history as an industry. For the most part, publishing people …
The past always sort of haunts us and perhaps inspires us in some ways. - Jennifer Gilmore
The past always sort of haunts us and perhaps inspires us in some ways.
I wanted a baby of color, to be honest, because I wasn't attached to the idea that I look like the biological mother. I liked the idea of the adoptio… - Jennifer Gilmore
I wanted a baby of color, to be honest, because I wasn't attached to the idea that I look like the biological mother. I liked the idea of the adoptio…
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