Dad Spelled Backward

Michael King is a middle-aged dentist who lives in New York City. He and Gabriella, his lovely (and much younger) French wife, are doing all they can to make a baby, but when that doesn't work, and neither does artificial insemination, Gaby is nonetheless determined to become a mom. Michael, who thinks his childless life is perfect as is but wants to make his wife happy, reluctantly agrees to move on to the next phase-adoption. Sadly, domestic adoption is often a long, costly process...
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Michael King is a middle-aged dentist who lives in New York City. He and Gabriella, his lovely (and much younger) French wife, are doing all they can to make a baby, but when that doesn't work, and neither does artificial insemination, Gaby is nonetheless determined to become a mom. Michael, who thinks his childless life is perfect as is but wants to make his wife happy, reluctantly agrees to move on to the next phase-adoption. Sadly, domestic adoption is often a long, costly process that takes couples on a crazy-making, unpredictable ride from hope to despair and back again. Somewhere along the way, though, Michael begins to want a baby just as much as Gaby does. This candid account by a husband and father is insightful, moving, fiercely funny-and ultimately a testament to unconditional love.