{"product_id":"parent-trip-unexpected-roads-to-form-a-family-paperback","title":"Parent Trip: Unexpected Roads to Form a Family - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnndee Hochman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFamilies are created through conception, adoption, fostering and family-blending. As a \u003ci\u003ePhiladelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e columnist for nearly a decade, Anndee Hochman interviewed hundreds of parents--older and younger, single and coupled, straight and queer--about the paths they forged and the obstacles they faced on the road to form a family. \u003ci\u003eParent Trip\u003c\/i\u003e is Hochman's collection of these poignant, wry, and complicated stories. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Hochman recounts the fraught emotions of couples struggling with infertility, the joy of a single gay man becoming a father in his forties, and the anxiety of people waiting for the adoption worker to call with good news. \u003ci\u003eParent Trip\u003c\/i\u003e tells of sperm donors and gestational surrogates, midwives and miscarriages; it chronicles how children prompt parents to recalibrate their lives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In personal essays that weave throughout the profiles, Hochman connects her interviewees' lives to the love, heartbreak, and uncertainty in her own path to parenthood. Through myriad mundane and extraordinary moments, \u003ci\u003eParent Trip\u003c\/i\u003e not only chronicles the magic and labor of childrearing, it also celebrates the infinite ways real families come to be.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnndee Hochman\u003c\/b\u003e is a freelance writer, educator and storyteller. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eAnatomies: A Novella and Stories \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Everyday Acts \u0026amp; Small Subversions: Women Reinventing Family, Community and Home\u003c\/i\u003e. For nine years, she wrote the weekly \"Parent Trip\" column in the \u003ci\u003ePhiladelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e. Her articles, essays and commentaries have appeared in WebMD, \u003ci\u003ePoets \u0026amp; Writers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eO, the Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRedbook\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePhiladelphia\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, \u003ci\u003eBroad Street Review\u003c\/i\u003e and other publications. She is a twelve-time Moth Story Slam winner and tied for the first-place title in Philadelphia's 2022 GrandSlam.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 196\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 27, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53140963655987,"sku":"9781439926475","price":28.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/71gCi9HpKZ9781439926475.webp?v=1773773426","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/parent-trip-unexpected-roads-to-form-a-family-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}