Instant mom / Nia Vardalos.

Author: Vardalos, Nia, 1962-

Edition: 1st ed.

Publisher: New York : HarperOne, c2013.

ISBN: 9780062231833 (hbk.)
0062231839 (hbk.)

Description: vi, 282 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject: Vardalos, Nia, 1962-
Vardalos, Nia, 1962- Family relationships.
Motion picture actors and actresses United States Biography.
Adoptive parents United States Biography.
Adoption United States.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs. bisacsh
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Adoption & Fostering. bisacsh
HUMOR / Topic / Marriage & Family. bisacsh

Contents: This is the before-I-start-typing prologue -- Birth -- A fistfight with Mother Nature -- When? -- Happy May Sucks Day -- "I have bad news" -- The road to adoption -- Almost there -- Soon -- Then, one day... -- Getting to know you -- What's in a name anyway? -- The ritual -- Waiting to be finalized -- Move that cot -- The kids are all right -- Firsts -- Adoption day -- That stupid class -- Greek baptism -- Where's the off switch? -- More than our bodies -- Mother Nurture -- The real stuff -- The wonder years -- Navigating Mom World -- Run like a girl -- This is the how-to-adopt appendix.