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Sarah Sentilles
Sarah Sentilles is a writer, teacher, critical theorist, and scholar of religion. Her most recent book is
Stranger Care: A Memoir of Loving What Isn’t Ours
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Angie Smith for The Atlantic
Adopting My Son Changed My Understanding of Family
People told me that a parent’s love is different from any other kind. Now I know better.
Sarah Sentilles
June 24, 2022