In Instant Mom Nia Vardalos writer & star of My Big Fat Greek Wedding tells her hilarious & poignant road-to-parenting story that eventually leads to her daughter & prompts her to become a major advocate for adoption Moments after Nia Vardalos finds out she has been nominated for an Oscar for the screenplay for My Big Fat Greek Wedding she is alone & en route to a fertility clinic trying yet again for a chance at motherhood Vardalos chronicles her attempts to have a baby & how she tries everything—from drinking jugs of green mud tea to acupuncture to working with two surrogates Finally she & her husband actor Ian Gomez decide to try adoption & 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 With her signature wit & candor Nia Vardalos reveals what really came next—the truth of how she & her husband transitioned a preschooler into their home Vardalos opens up about the bawling-tears & belly-laughter that all make up what it means to bea parent