A Memoir of Adoption, Secrets and Abiding Love Not Exactly As Planned chronicles Rosenbaum's arrival to Toronto in 1970 from the US after political upheaval and violence in Washington, D.C. cast her on an unexpected journey north. Life takes a major turn when her son, adopted-at-birth, is diagnosed at six with irreversible brain damage from FAS. Rosenbaum is determined to change Michael's prognosis.
