num_pages: 253
description: Not Exactly As Planned is a captivating deeply moving account of adoption and the unexpected challenges of raising a child with fetal alcohol syndrome. Linda Rosenbaums life takes a major turn when her son adopted at birth is diagnosed with irreversible brain damage. With love hope and all the medical knowledge she can accumulate she sets out to change his prognosis and live with as much joy as she can while struggling to accept her new reality.Not Exactly As Planned is more than a story of motherlove. Its about bird- watching bar mitzvahs the collision of 60s ideals with the real world family secrets and woodcarving.
language: English
title: Not Exactly As Planned: A Memoir of Adoption, Secrets and Abiding Love
publisher: Demeter Press