An androgynous Mother Goose Book, a boycotted ultrasound, and the alias of “Baby X” are but a few of the elements found in the quirky novel, Maybe Baby, written by Madison native Tenaya Darlington.The plot revolves around a young couple’s provocative plan to raise a gender-neutral baby, and the less-than-enthusiastic response from the expectant mother’s parents.Darlington says her story has many other couples doing double-takes on parenthood, as Brian Bull reports in our continuing series on Wisconsin Authors…
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