While I am very much Jewish ‘identified,’ I’m not a very religious person. Jennifer Gilmore Read Quote
I think that when the world feels safe and secure, we probably feel more that way in our personal lives. What goes on in the world affects us, unequivocally. Jennifer Gilmore Read Quote
I wanted a baby of color, to be honest, because I wasn’t attached to the idea that I look like the biological mother. I liked the idea of the adoption being clear; it was and is not something I am interested in hiding. Jennifer Gilmore Read Quote
As writers, we don’t just need to write about poverty or war or the immigrant experience. Jennifer Gilmore Read Quote
I will say, in open adoption, all these choices you make about race, about the amount of mental illness you can deal with, about special needs and physical maladies, you have to lay all this out there before you know anybody’s story. Jennifer Gilmore Read Quote
The birth mother is placing the baby out of love. I still believe that. Well, the ones we’ve dealt with who were actually pregnant, anyway. Jennifer Gilmore Read Quote
The world is a dysfunctional place in so many ways. It is unstable. So even though that chaos can be reflected in our own homes, I suppose we have to fight that by creating our own versions of safety, which can also turn into ignoring the state of the world. Jennifer Gilmore Read Quote
It would be a lie to say that people are coming to adoption with joy at all times. Hope, perhaps, but it would be disingenuous to say that every part coming to an adoption isn’t seriously grieving. Jennifer Gilmore Read Quote
I think publishing’s strength is also its weakness. It’s got such a rich and celebrated history as an industry. For the most part, publishing people are incredibly creative, business is done based on the strength of relationships, and the product being peddled is books. Jennifer Gilmore Read Quote
