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Making Finn by Susan Newham-Blake is a candid and witty memoir chronicling the author's journey to becoming a mother as a lesbian woman in her mid-thirties. She and her partner Roxi navigate the emotional, legal, and practical challenges of using a sperm donorwrestling with identity, societal expectations, and the choices available to them. Told with warmth and humor, Susans story offers insight into modern parenthood and the evolving definition of family.
Key Topics Covered:
Desire for motherhood within a same-sex relationship and societal expectations
Choosing a sperm donor: anonymity, legal, psychological considerations
The donor selection process, with touching and humorous reflections
Emotional resilience, legal planning, and the joy of becoming parents in a South African context
Susan Newham-Blake, Making Finn, LGBTQ+ memoir, motherhood, sperm donor, South African memoir, same-sex parenting, family, identity, resilience, modern motherhood, memoir