The Stork Of Course - Softcover

Hardesty, Jeff

 
9781490919409: The Stork Of Course

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Where do babies come from? The answer is no longer as simple as, “When a man loves a woman…” What if a man loves a man? Or a woman loves a woman? Or a man loves a woman but has a varicose vein in his testicle that’s retarding his sperm? What then? Struggling with infertility, expensive treatments, and a lack of a surrogate mother, three Seattle couples from sordid upbringings decide it’s time to combine efforts to create the family they’ve always wanted. But swapping genetic material between friends is not as simple as a handshake, nor is such an arrangement immune to human nature. Can a mother turn over her child to a friend after nine months of bonding? Can a man and woman create life and remain platonic? And would such a family ever be accepted? Soon the couples find themselves entangled in a web of legal ambiguity, cultural bias, complex fertility science, human sexuality, and election year politics. The road to familial bliss becomes even bumpier when Rick Francisco of Rolling Stone magazine catches wind of the couples’ unconventional plan and becomes hell-bent on exploiting it for his own journalistic gain. Presidential frontrunner Senator James Flannery piles on, vowing, if elected, to rid the country of the immorality of same sex families and controversial reproductive methods. The couples become the target of right-wing organizations across the country and a hate group with a sinister plan to sway the Presidential election in Flannery’s favor. War-torn and weary from a long year of challenges, the couples must fight to save their family and the country from a devastating fate.

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Jeff Hardesty was born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky where he received his BA in English Literature and Writing from the University of Louisville. After living in seven states (NM, CA, KY, NC, MO, OR, WA) in five years working as a backpacking guide and ski instructor, Jeff settled in Seattle, Washington where he is now, among other things, an author, freelance writer, husband, and father.

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