Instant Mom

<p>In <em>Instant Mom</em> Nia Vardalos writer and star of<em> My Big Fat Greek Wedding</em> tells her hilarious and poignant road-to-parenting story that eventually leads to her daughter and prompts her to become a major advocate for adoption.<br /> <br />Moments after Nia Vardalos finds out she has been nominated for an Oscar for the screenplay for <em>My Big Fat Greek Wedding</em> she is alone and en route to a fertility clinic trying yet again for a chance at motherhood.<br /> <br />Vardalos chronicles her attempts to have a baby and how she tries everything--from drinking jugs of green mud tea to acupuncture to working with two surrogates. Finally she and her husband actor Ian Gomez decide to try adoption and discover a free service: Foster Family Agencies. Then one day the social workers match her with an almost-three-year-old girl who she knows instantly is her daughter.<br /> <br />With her signature wit and candor Nia Vardalos reveals what really came next--the truth of how she and her husband transitioned a preschooler into their home. Vardalos opens up about the bawling-tears and belly-laughter that all make up what it means to be...a parent.</p>