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By Alison Wearing

In May 2019, a small group of women met at a writing retreat in the south of France. Among them was a sparkling young woman named Amy.

Amy spoke often of her daughter, then four years old, the years of heartbreaking infertility Amy and her husband had endured before a beautiful adoption, and how much she loved being a mother. “The best thing I’ve ever been called is Mama.”

Amy also talked about her ...