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The Third Man

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The Third Man

By: Mani Sheriar
Narrated by: Mani Sheriar
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About this listen

What would happen if your baby’s birth father stood for everything you despised and feared? In this profound and heartrending story, an adoptive mother is forced to discover the answer.

After years of infertility, Mani and her husband, David, decided to adopt. When they matched with a teen mother, they were overjoyed, until the likely birth father contested. Frank was a violent white supremacist who had no intention of relinquishing parental rights. With tenuous hope and consuming dread, Mani now had to go head-to-head with a hateful stranger. And she was totally unprepared for where it would lead.

Mani Sheriar’s The Third Man is part of This Can’t Be Happening, a collection of four true stories about making the best of a worst-case scenario curated by Kevin Allison, creator of the hit true storytelling podcast RISK! Outrageous, alarming, triumphant, and sometimes embarrassing, these fearless confessionals can be read, or listened to, in one what-on-earth-would-I-do? sitting.

©2018 Mani Sheriar (P)2018 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved. Parenting & Families Relationships Adoption Infertility Heartfelt

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really well written and narrated could really feel the emotions of the character. was a nice short story

beautiful short story

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This was an emotional listen. Something of a rollercoaster at times. Raw and gritty. A wise and loving older brother.

Captivating

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