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Corinne Copnick Reads From CRYO KID: DRAWING A NEW MAP
Join Corinne Heather Copnick in celebrating the launch of her new book, Cryo Kid: Drawing a New Map at Dutton’s Brentwood Bookstore, 11975 San Vicente Blvd., Los Angeles. CA 90049 (Tel: 310.476.6263) on Sunday, March 9th at 2 PM. Refreshments. Free admission.
The little seven-year-old girl born to a single mother through an anonymous donor from a sperm bank never met her Daddy, so she doesn’t miss him. That’s
what she tells curious people who ask. She is a cryo kid-the word “cryo” is short for cryogenics. As readers of CRYO KID: DRAWING A NEW MAP, a just published book (224 pages, iUniverse) by Corinne Heather Copnick, roller coast through the human side of technological ups and downs with the cryo kid’s seventy-something grandma (the author, who barely survives her career-driven daughter’s quest for children), they discover a heart-warming new definition of family.
CRYO KID is an intimate exploration inspired by true experience and is intended to be educational, positive, and eye-opening. “Corinne Copnick does a remarkable job of demystifying the increasingly common experience of using a sperm donor,” attests the California Cryobank. “Her warm, caring account of her own daughter’s story provides a compelling introduction into the possibilities and responsibilities incumbent on both the industry and the parents-to-be as the field of assisted reproduction technology grows.”
Against the backdrop of three cities, Montreal, Toronto, and Los Angeles, CRYO KID is written from several perspectives: the voices of Grandma, her daughter, the grand-daughter (a gifted child who adds so much joy to their lives), and the sperm donor. CRYO KID celebrates the unexpected discovery of siblings across the country, as well as the surprise participation of the donor. From Grandma’s perspective, the author also explores the exponential transformation that has taken place in families in her lifetime, as well as the infertility crisis currently being experienced by career women who waited too long to have children. In discussing well-researched future possibilities in assisted reproductive technology, CRYO KID asks this question: How do we maintain our values in an exponentially changing world?
Corinne Copnick, C.M., M.A. is the author of several critically acclaimed previous works: Embrace: A Love Story in Poetry, How to Live Alone Until You Like It, and Altar Pieces.
Cryo Kid is available from Amazon.com, bn.com (Barnes and Noble), Booksamillion.com and other online booksellers, at major bookstores, and directly from the author at book signings.
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