For Mother's Day 2008: Cryo Kid -- Drawing a New Map, a New Book About the Infertility Crisis
In this family, as three generations celebrate Mother's Day together, Grandma never imagined that her granddaughter's Dad would be an anonymous sperm. One of Grandma's kids is a single mother who was artificially inseminated. But the infertility crisis for women who waited too long to have children is not artificial. It is very real in 2008. Yet until the publication of Cryo Kid -- Drawing a New Map by Corinne Heather Copnick, few books have touched on the human side---the roller coaster of hope, despair, and joy---of assisted reproduction technology (the acronym is ART).
Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) April 24, 2008 -- In this family, as three generations celebrate Mother's Day together, Grandma never imagined that her granddaughter's Dad would be an anonymous sperm. One of Grandma's kids is a single mother who was artificially inseminated. But the infertility crisis for women who waited too long to have children is not artificial. It is very real in 2008. Yet until the publication of Cryo Kid -- Drawing a New Map by Corinne Heather Copnick, few books have touched on the human side---the roller coaster of hope, despair, and joy---of assisted reproduction technology (the acronym is ART).
In exploring the rapid transformation of the family in our time, and using her own as an example, Copnick underlines two essential things: Not only should our mothers not be taken for granted, but motherhood itself should not be taken for granted. It is not granted to everyone, and some women achieve motherhood only through sheer courage, determination, and emptied bank accounts. Also, there are so many different kinds of families in the big-small world we live in today, Copnick stresses, and each of them has value. "Families are where you build them," she says.
Cryo Kid was recently launched in Los Angeles to a hugely successful response. The California Cryobank, which calls Cryo Kid "a remarkable job of demystifying the increasingly common experience of using a sperm donor," provided light-up pens that revealed artificial floating sperm.
The author has already created a website (www.cryokid.com) and blog (http://cryo-kid.blogspot.com) to complement the book and invites readers' comments. Amazingly, a cursory search of the Internet currently lists 626,000 blogs dealing with infertility, 1,510,000 concerning sperm donors, 362,000 blogs on assisted reproduction, and 57,200 blogs on artificial insemination for single mothers.
A popular blog, Touched by a Stork -- Fertility Information, recommends Cryo Kid -- Drawing a New Map in these words: "It's hard not to be touched by the story of a grandmother who has watched her daughter struggle with infertility and who finally sees a granddaughter born though the use of cryogenics. It's particularly hard not to be touched when you know that the story is true and that it's told straight from the heart." The online article goes on to say that "although it is written from the perspective of the grandmother, the book adds in the voice of the granddaughter (the girl who was born through cryogenics). And surprisingly, it adds in the voice of the sperm donor who made her birth possible, touching on the fact that this girl has siblings out there in the world. More importantly, it takes a very real and human perspective at looking at the issue of infertility and the technological treatment options that are available today."
So what happens on Father's Day in this family? Who says that a mother can't get two presents?
Cryo Kid -- Drawing a New Map is available online at amazon.com, barnesandnoble.com, borders.com, iuniverse.com, and 25,000 outlets worldwide. Autographed copies can be ordered from http://www.cryokid.com. For more information, please contact Corinne Copnick by email at corinne@cryokid.com, by telephone at 818.345.1531, or by writing to: 5625 Ostrom Ave., Encino, CA 91316.
Born in Montreal, Canada, and now living in Los Angeles near her children and grandchildren, Corinne Heather Copnick, C.M., M.A., is a multi-talented writer and performer. The Canadian Commemorative Medal (1992) recognized her substantial contribution to Canada. In 2007, she became an American citizen. Her latest book, Cryo Kid -- Drawing a New Map was published in 2008.
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