Searching for Pinky: An Absurdly True Quest for Motherhood & Family - Alexia Baum Book

• Author: Alexia Baum
• Publisher: Pinky Saga
• Cover Type: Paperback
• Pages: 258 pages
• Language: English
• Genre: Family & Lifestyle, Parenting & Family
• Genre Class: Science, Medical, General

It was during turbulence while flying home from another doomed In Vitro Fertilization cycle, syringed needle in hand, pants crumpled around her ankles, her ass bruised purple and yellow like a desert sunset, bouncing against the 747's bathroom wall, when Alexia realized – when contemplating motherhood, this was not what she had imagined.

Alexia was pregnant with only hope for years, enduring failed IVF cycles, ill-fated domestic adoptions, and a misguided trip to Siberia before meeting a sickly baby in a rustic orphanage outside Moscow. The baby's sheer grit had powered his unlikely survival, but could his feisty spirit overcome the challenges that awaited him, or were the experts correct that he might never live a normal life?

Recounted with sincerity and humour, Searching for Pinky is the story of two equally determined spirits on opposite sides of the planet finding each other to form a family, and of one tiny orphan defying dire predictions to become an unwitting poster child for the notion of never giving up. Pinky is a reminder that there is magic in the power of love and that hope is like a game of Whack-A-Mole – you can pound it down in one place and up it pops in another.

About the Author:
Alexia Baum has been a native Los Angeleno since the age of 1, spent years after college on location as part of various film crews, and spent nearly a decade living in New York City – a time which corresponded to her marriage and quest for family. She has spent the majority of her 25+ year career working in music and media, representing companies like Universal Pictures, Putumayo World Music, Jive Records, and more. Having been a single mother for more than 15 years, she is finally finding the time to turn