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Twice Blessed : A Story of Unconditional Love.
De Gruyter Fordham University Press Complete eBook-Package 2025 Available online
De Gruyter Fordham University Press Complete eBook-Package 2025- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mercado Altman, Stefanie.
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (289 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Fordham University Press, 2025.
- Summary:
- A deeply moving memoir of love, resilience, and identity, chronicling one family's journey through adoption, caregiving, and the profound connections that define us Twice Blessed is a beautifully written memoir that explores the depths of love, resilience, and the true meaning of family.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword by Stephen G. Post
- Preface
- Prologue
- 1. Who Are Stan and Claire?
- 2. Our Surprising Romance and Marriage
- 3. Creating the Highbridge-Woodycrest Center
- 4. Claire Meets Rosa and Stefanie Mercado
- 5. Steps to Becoming Stefanie's Guardians
- 6. Rosa's Decline
- 7. Guardianship
- 8. Kindergarten
- 9. Stefanie at PS 116-the Early Years
- 10. 2001
- 11. The Police Raid
- 12. Family Court
- 13. Adoption
- 14. The Middle School Years
- 15. High School, College, and Beyond
- Epilogue
- Acknowledgments
- Chronology of Custody/Guardianship Events
- Selected Bibliography
- Photos.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-5315-1182-1
- OCLC:
- 1526526204
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