{"product_id":"becoming-ammi-a-queer-desi-journey-into-parenthood-isbn-9780807028872","title":"Becoming Ammi: A Queer, Desi Journey into Parenthood","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eAnother Appalachia, \u003c\/i\u003ean intimate portrait of queer motherhood and mother-loss—with meditations on grief, familial legacies, and selfhood\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Becoming Ammi, author and educator Neema Avashia reflects on a new stage of her life: becoming a parent.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough short reflective chapters, Avashia weaves together stories of early motherhood as a Desi, queer, Appalachian, and non-gestational parent (a parent who did not physically carry or give birth to the child). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBecoming Ammi is shaped by Avashia's real-time reflections written like diary entries—some fully formed, written during the quiet of 3 a.m. feedings, while others are fragmented, scribbled down in the small moments she could carve out each day. Together, the essays culminate into a deeply personal meditation on her transforming sense of self.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten in three parts, the book explores:\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNeema’s new relationship with her daughter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuestions of integrating her old life into her new one\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBecoming a mother while losing her own\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eIntimate and candid, Avashia's story will speak to anyone who does not feel like they fit into the traditional framework of “parent.”","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52158745444581,"sku":"NP9780807028872","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/becoming-ammi-a-queer-desi-journey-into-parenthood-isbn-9780807028872","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}