{"product_id":"we-an-adoption-and-a-memoir-hardcover","title":"we: an adoption and a memoir - Hardcover","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\u003eBen Barnz\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ewe: an adoption and a memoir\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e centers on the story of Barnz adopting a child and the legal battle with the birthfather that began the day after the child's birth - and two days before 9\/11. The book interweaves this narrative with Barnz's path to parenthood - beginning with his closeted youth in 1980's New York, a time when it was statistically more likely he would die from AIDS than become a father.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlternating between legal suspense story and memoir, \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ewe\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e examines shifting gender roles in parenting as well as modern notions of family-construction, but ultimately \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ewe \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eis a personal narrative with universal appeal. It delves into the complicated relationships that arise between birthparents and adoptive parents, between birthmothers and birthfathers, between parent and child, between married couples. In this story, as in life, empathy is revealed where, technically, none should exist; this book examines our desire to do better, be better- better people, better friends, better parents, better strangers, better ourselves. And in the end, it celebrates the potential we all have for forgiveness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndependent film producer Ben Barnz and his husband, filmmaker Daniel Barnz, make up \"We're Not Brothers Productions\" and have written, directed and produced the films \u003cem\u003eCake \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003ePhoebe in Wonderland. \u003c\/em\u003eThey\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eare currently developing an HBO pilot with Lena Dunham and a feature film with Brad Pitt's Plan B about Ryan Wash, an openly gay black debate champion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 244\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52453588009267,"sku":"9781948018210","price":47.32,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/Wk9oY3NPSlMwOWJQYm52WDFDK3h6QT09.webp?v=1759125508","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/we-an-adoption-and-a-memoir-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}