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The Mothers : A Novel by Gilmore, Jennifer is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Poignant, raw, and insightful, Jennifer Gilmore's third novel is an unforgettable story of love, family, and motherhood. With a voice [that is] at turns wise and barbed with sharp humor ( Vanity Fair ) , Gilmore lays bare the story of one couple's ardent desire for a child and their emotional journey through adoption. Jesse and Ramon are a loving couple, but after years spent unsuccessfully trying to get pregnant, they turn to adoption, relieved to think that once they navigate the bureaucratic path to parent-hood they will have a happy ending. But nothing has prepared them for the labyrinthine processfor the many training sessions and approvals; for the constant advice from friends, strangers, and experts; for the birthmothers who contact them but don't ultimately choose them; or even, most shockingly, for the women who call claiming they've chosen Jesse and Ramon but who turn out never to have been pregnant in the first place. Jennifer Gilmore's eloquence about the human heartits frailties and complexitiesand her razor-sharp observations about race, class, culture, and changing family dynamics are spectacularly combined in this powerful novel. Suffused with passion and fury, Th

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Author
Gilmore, Jennifer
Publisher
Scribner Book Company
Published
2013
Language
EN
ISBN
9781451697889
Category
work of fiction
Subjects
Fiction, Family & Relationships, Literary Fiction
Rating
3.16 / 5 (912 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-13

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