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The baby chase : how surrogacy is transforming the American family / Leslie Morgan Steiner.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2013Copyright date: ©2013Edition: First editionDescription: vii, 289 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 125000294X
  • 9781250002945
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.87 23
LOC classification:
  • HQ755.8 .S7226 2013
Contents:
1. What's the Big Deal About Not Having Babies, Anyway? -- 2. Baby Making Becomes Big Business -- 3. One Vasectomy, Two Vaginas -- 4. Heartbreak, Miracles, and Money -- 5. Operation Birth in India.
Summary: "In The Baby Chase, acclaimed writer Leslie Morgan Steiner weaves the stories together-- of a nurse, a firefighter, and the Indian gestational carrier who made their baby dreams come true. Moving, page-turning, and meticulously researched, this deeply complex human journey is paired with an examination of the issues--religious, legal, medical and emotional--that shapes surrogacy as a solution both exciting and imperfect. Steiner revels in the joy that ultimately infuses one couple's lives when--against the odds--their intense, almost irrational desire to bear a child meets with success"--Provided by publisher.
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Book North Campus North Campus Main Collection 306.87 STE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A479724B

Includes bibliographical references.

1. What's the Big Deal About Not Having Babies, Anyway? -- 2. Baby Making Becomes Big Business -- 3. One Vasectomy, Two Vaginas -- 4. Heartbreak, Miracles, and Money -- 5. Operation Birth in India.

"In The Baby Chase, acclaimed writer Leslie Morgan Steiner weaves the stories together-- of a nurse, a firefighter, and the Indian gestational carrier who made their baby dreams come true. Moving, page-turning, and meticulously researched, this deeply complex human journey is paired with an examination of the issues--religious, legal, medical and emotional--that shapes surrogacy as a solution both exciting and imperfect. Steiner revels in the joy that ultimately infuses one couple's lives when--against the odds--their intense, almost irrational desire to bear a child meets with success"--Provided by publisher.

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