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JUST ADD LOVE Toddler sold separately, instructions not included. Nia Vardalos’ new heartwarming, laughter-inducing book, Instant Mom, is one you won’t want to put down this summer. BY KAITLYN KIRBY PHOTOS COURTESY OF HARPER COLLINS
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From My Big Fat Greek Wedding Fame to the playdate circuit, Nia Vardalos has had quite the journey into parenthood. The time came to step off the long and widing road of failed fertility treatments, one she and husband Ian Gomez had been on for close to a decade, but not because of a pregnancy. No, it was the mere hours’ notice that changed her life when Vardalos received the call and became an Instant Mom. The new book, laden with Vardalos’ wit and touching storytelling ability, tells the tale of the couple’s attempts to conceive, adopt a baby, and every heartbreaking step in between. While it may have been a bumpy road, this story does indeed have a happy ending— and one that is well-deserved for the Instant Mom Vardalos.