Instant Mom

In Instant Mom , Nia Vardalos, writer and star of My Big Fat Greek Wedding , tells her hilarious and poignant road-to-parenting story that eventually leads to her daughter and prompts her to become a major advocate for adoption. Moments after Nia Vardalos finds out she has been nominated for an Oscar for the screenplay for My Big Fat Greek Wedding , she is alone and en route to a fertility clinic, trying yet again for a chance at motherhood. Vardalos chronicles her attempts to have a baby, and how she tries everything--from drinking jugs of green mud tea, to acupuncture, to working with two surrogates. Finally, she and her husband, actor Ian Gomez, decide to try adoption and discover a free service: Foster Family Agencies. Then one day, the social workers "match" her with an almost-three-year-old girl, who she knows, instantly, is her daughter. With her signature wit and candor, Nia Vardalos reveals what really came next--the truth of how she and her husband transitioned a preschooler into their home. Vardalos opens up about the bawling-tears and belly-laughter that all make up what it means to be...a parent.

Product details

• Authors: Nia Vardalos, Vardalos Nia
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.05.2014
• EAN: 9780062231840
• ISBN: 978-0-06-223184-0
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 203 mm x 17 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; Popular Culture, Memoirs, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Adoption & Fostering, Parenting: advice and issues, Relationships and families: advice and issues, Intergenerational relationships: advice and issues, Adoption and fostering: advice and issues, Adoption and fostering, Child abuse, Military forces and sectors, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Personal Memoirs, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS: Parenting / Parent & Adult Child, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS: Dysfunctional Families, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS: Adoption & Fostering, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS: Abuse / Child Abuse, HUMOR: Topic / Marriage & Family, HUMOR: Topic / Celebrity & Popular Culture, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS: Military Families, Subject matter intended specifically for women and/or girls, Coping with / advice about abuse