{"product_id":"umbilical-cord-paperback","title":"Umbilical Cord - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHasan Namir\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDear Child, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOnce upon a time, \u003cbr\u003e Your dads wanted to have a baby. \u003cbr\u003e It was a life-long dream of ours. \u003cbr\u003e We were always hopeful.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLambda Literary and Stonewall Book Award-winner Hasan Namir shares a joyful collection about parenting, fatherhood and hope. These warm free-verse poems document the journey that he and his husband took to have a child. Between love letters to their young son, Namir shares insight into his love story with his husband, the complexities of the IVF surrogacy process and the first year as a family of three. \u003ci\u003eUmbilical Cord\u003c\/i\u003e is a heartfelt book for parents or would be parents, with a universal message of hope.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHASAN NAMIR\u003c\/b\u003e is an Iraqi-Canadian author. He graduated from Simon Fraser University with a BA in English and received the Ying Chen Creative Writing Student Award. He is the author of the poetry books \u003ci\u003eUmbilical Cord\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWar\/Torn\u003c\/i\u003e, which received the 2020 Barbara Gittings Honor Book Award from the Stonewall Book Awards. He is also the author of \u003ci\u003eGod in Pink\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Lambda Literary Award for Best Gay Fiction and was chosen as one of the Top 100 Books of 2015 by \u003ci\u003eThe Globe and Mail\u003c\/i\u003e, and two children's books. Hasan lives in Vancouver with his husband and child.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 148\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.4 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 14, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50334121656557,"sku":"9781771667180","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/SlH2vzh0in9781771667180.webp?v=1785003345","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-au\/products\/umbilical-cord-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}