02139cam a2200385 i 4500 623628850 TxAuBib 20130807120000.0 130125s2013||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2012045930 9780062231833 hardback 0062231839 hardback (OCoLC)825399247 DLC DLC eng eng rda rda rda DLC rda IEP DLC OCLCO FM0 BUR IK2 CDX TXA TXJEK TxAuBib IEP OCLCO FM0 BUR IK2 CDX TXA TXJEK TxAuBib rda Vardalos, Nia, 1962- Instant mom / Nia Vardalos. First edition. New York : HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2013] ©2013. 282 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-280). 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. Vardalos, writer and star of "My Big Fat Greek Wedding," tells her hilarious and poignant road-to-parenting story that eventually leads her to become a major advocate for adoption. 20130807. Vardalos, Nia 1962- Vardalos, Nia 1962- Family relationships. Motion picture actors and actresses United States Biography. Adoptive parents United States Biography. Adoption United States. Biographies. TXKPL