Make me a mother: a memoir

Prologue: Adoption as a way of saying life

Part I: Arrival. Infancy : finding family at the S gate ; Infancy : like being alive twice

Part II: Before. Dream baby ; An empty car seat

Part III: After. Baby : and to my name as son ; One year old : separation anxieties

Part IV: Growing up. Ages two and three : the doctor of Siena ; Early childhood : of many born ; Age ten : mothers and real mothers ; Age eleven : all of the above ; Age twelve : hosts ; Age twelve : embarking ; Age thirteen : going back

Part V: My adoptive family. Ages thirteen and fourteen : old souls and young fools ; Age fourteen : all roads lead to you ; Age fifteen : moving on ; Mille grazie.