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A Chance / Cristina Durán, Miguel Giner Bou.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: University Park, PA : Penn State University Press, [2021]Copyright date: 2021Description: 1 online resource (312 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781637790168
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 618.92/836 23
LOC classification:
  • RJ496.C4
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- BOOK 1. One Chance in a Thousand -- Book 2. Eferen's Machine -- EPILOGUE -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors
Summary: For Cris and Miguel, creating a family will take a little luck and lots of determination. A Chance is the engrossing, heartwarming story of their struggles and triumphs.The narrative follows Cristina Durán and Miguel Giner Bou as they rebuild and reinvent themselves after their daughter Laia is born with cerebral palsy. Hospitals, rehabilitation centers, and doctors become part of their daily routine. There is one chance in a thousand that Laia will pull through—and they hold on to that chance with tremendous strength and indomitable joy.Years later, with the same courage and determination, Cristina and Miguel embark on the arduous process of adopting their second daughter, Selam, from Ethiopia. This time, they face a long period of training, psychological tests, interviews, and formalities before they can even pack their bags. And when they return with Selam, the challenge of reinvention awaits them yet again.
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Frontmatter -- BOOK 1. One Chance in a Thousand -- Book 2. Eferen's Machine -- EPILOGUE -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors

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For Cris and Miguel, creating a family will take a little luck and lots of determination. A Chance is the engrossing, heartwarming story of their struggles and triumphs.The narrative follows Cristina Durán and Miguel Giner Bou as they rebuild and reinvent themselves after their daughter Laia is born with cerebral palsy. Hospitals, rehabilitation centers, and doctors become part of their daily routine. There is one chance in a thousand that Laia will pull through—and they hold on to that chance with tremendous strength and indomitable joy.Years later, with the same courage and determination, Cristina and Miguel embark on the arduous process of adopting their second daughter, Selam, from Ethiopia. This time, they face a long period of training, psychological tests, interviews, and formalities before they can even pack their bags. And when they return with Selam, the challenge of reinvention awaits them yet again.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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