Read The Third Man This Can't Be Happening Collection Audible Audio Edition Mani Sheriar Brilliance Audio Books
Read The Third Man This Can't Be Happening Collection Audible Audio Edition Mani Sheriar Brilliance Audio Books
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What would happen if your baby's birth father stood for everything you despised and feared? In this profound and heartrending story, an adoptive mother is forced to discover the answer.
After years of infertility, Mani and her husband, David, decided to adopt. When they matched with a teen mother, they were overjoyed, until the likely birth father contested. Frank was a violent white supremacist who had no intention of relinquishing parental rights. With tenuous hope and consuming dread, Mani now had to go head-to-head with a hateful stranger. And she was totally unprepared for where it would lead.
Mani Sheriar's The Third Man is part of This Can't Be Happening, a collection of four true stories about making the best of a worst-case scenario curated by Kevin Allison, creator of the hit true storytelling podcast RISK! Outrageous, alarming, triumphant, and sometimes embarrassing, these fearless confessionals can be read, or listened to, in one what-on-earth-would-I-do? sitting.
Read The Third Man This Can't Be Happening Collection Audible Audio Edition Mani Sheriar Brilliance Audio Books
"Disclaimer: I have known the author since she herself was a child. This little book is a wonderful, true tale of love and acceptance happening at a most trying time. Mani writes well of her ordeal and challenges. I think anyone considering an open adoption would find this book practically useful and emotionally meaningful. And the meaningful aspect should touch anyone. Compelling to read, the message flows simply from an unusual but credible experience, conjuring a full range of parental feelings, from the primitive and fearful to transformative love. Perhaps Mani, an accomplished graphics artist and designer, will take to pen again and share more of her literary gifts."
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The Third Man This Can't Be Happening Collection Audible Audio Edition Mani Sheriar Brilliance Audio Books Reviews
- I almost didn’t buy this true story. Why? The selling price for just 28 pages. Not a lot of money, to be sure, but, well, I just didn’t expect to find it worthwhile.
But I was wrong. There is so much of interest. Here is what I found
At the start, the author comes across as someone who speaks so frankly and in such candor that the reader may form a negative opinion of her. About halfway through, though, I had to dispense with my initial thought and commend her for her sincere understanding of the man who was trying to reform himself and win custody of the child. Eventually, she, and I, empathise so thoroughly with him and his predicament that I shed a tear for him.
For a 30-minute read, this was incredible.
BLUSH FACTOR The few profanities might be disconcerting for some, but, in my humble opinion, were NECESSARY to include as spoken. Yes, in nonfiction, on a rare occasion, it is necessary to quote what is said verbatim. Even when it is the dreaded eff-word.
WRITING & EDITING First rate.
DRAMA, SUSPENSE & CHARACTER ARC Much more than I expected in such a short report.
BOTTOM LINE
Five stars out of five.
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Thank you so much for indicating if this review helped you, or for your comment. for indicating if this review helped you, or for your comment. - Just wanted to keep reading! Good story.
- I did not finish the book yet, but so far it is not bad for the first few pages. Excited about what will happen next.
- Great short story!
- didn't realize this book was so short
- A couple decides to adopt to expand their family, but soon finds their joy marred by the question of the birth father. Mani and David must fight in court for the right to keep the son they've grown to love. Worse, they must fight a man that represents everything they hate.
This true story is a real nail biter. The author explains the applicable laws well enough that the risk is clear. Every time the author is thinking "what now" the reader is too. It's an intense story, and an honest look at the adoption process and the toll it takes on all parties. - Disclaimer I have known the author since she herself was a child. This little book is a wonderful, true tale of love and acceptance happening at a most trying time. Mani writes well of her ordeal and challenges. I think anyone considering an open adoption would find this book practically useful and emotionally meaningful. And the meaningful aspect should touch anyone. Compelling to read, the message flows simply from an unusual but credible experience, conjuring a full range of parental feelings, from the primitive and fearful to transformative love. Perhaps Mani, an accomplished graphics artist and designer, will take to pen again and share more of her literary gifts.
- The struggles of miscarriages and not being able to conceive lead to an adoption of a healthy baby boy...but things are never as simple as that and the unknown always makes one fear the "what ifs" .... a mother struggles with making a connection because of this fear, but once that realization and hurdle is past, the family is not done facing challenges...a very touching story of learning a different acceptance and beyond that what effect having a child can mean to a person and how it can make a person change for the better...not mentioned but when there is a loss or when it turns out differently than expected that too can make a change in a person...no longer needing to be that role model ....kinda sad for that situation, but a happy one for the family.
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