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    Umbilical Cord
    Umbilical Cord
    Umbilical Cord
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    Umbilical Cord

    By Hasan Namir

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    Dear Child,
    Once upon a time,
    Your dads wanted to have a baby.
    It was a life-long dream of ours.
    We were always hopeful.

    Lambda Literary and Stonewall Book Award-winner Hasan Namir shares a joyful collection about parenting, fatherhood and hope. These warm free-verse poems document the journey that he and his husband took to have a child. Between love letters to their young son, Namir shares insight into his love story with his husband, the complexities of the IVF surrogacy process and the first year as a family of three. Umbilical Cord is a heartfelt book for parents or would be parents, with a universal message of hope.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBookhug Press
    Release dateSep 14, 2021
    ISBN9781771667197

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