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242 p. ; 21 cm
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Adoptive parents, Case studies, Gay fathers, LGBTQ biography and memoir, Lambda Literary Awards, Lambda Literary Award Winner, LGBTQ parenting, New York Times reviewed, Gay parents, Gay fathers -- United States -- Case studies, Adoptive parents -- United States -- Case studiesPlaces
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The Velveteen Father: an unexpected journey to parenthood
2000, Ballantine Books
Paperback
in English
- 1st Ballantine trade pbk. ed.
0345437098 9780345437099
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The Velveteen Father: An Unexpected Journey to Parenthood
May 11, 1999, Villard
in English
0375501649 9780375501647
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Being a parent was not a high priority--or even much of a likelihood--for acclaimed journalist and novelist Jesse Green. Yet when Green, at the age of thirty-seven, fell in love with a man who had recently adopted a baby boy, fatherhood suddenly fell into his lap. Now in this warm, humorous, deeply personal book, Green recounts the unexpected journey he and his partner traveled together on the road to parenthood.
In becoming the father--or rather one of the fathers--of Erez, Green faced challenges familiar to all parents, from the first bath to the first tooth, along with a host of dilemmas unique to his situation. As Green discovered, even in blasé New York City, reactions to his unconventional family ranged from the funny to the frightening, the unaccepting to the all-embracing. The Velveteen Father is a moving record of the transformative effects parenthood can have on people who least expect to become parents-- and of how we are repeatedly made anew by the love of children who need us.
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