Little Ignacio has two mothers: birthmother Soli and adoptive mother Kavya. Both of his mothers have painful stories. In Berkeley, Soli is a pregnant immigrant without papers and Kavya is on a quest to have a child. Both are fighting for their families, regardless of the price that is asked. This story is timely and full of empathy: as we are watching families be torn apart at the border, children taken from their parents, where will those children go? And if a foster family wants to adopt, what about the birth parents? What would you do if your child was taken because they had papers and you didn’t?

Maybe don’t read this book if you are in the middle of an adoption process. It would be a nightmare to be in the place of either of these parents and reading this won’t ease your fears about “what ifs.”