Description |
284 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm |
Contents |
Caveat Emptor -- Daddy. Red card ; The plover's egg; I'm awake, I'm awake ; Conversations with fathers and sons: Richard Russo, Ralph James Savarese, Trey Ellis, Augusten Burroughs. -- Maddy. That'll teach 'em a lesson ; The orphan girl ; The griffin ; Conversations with waifs and angels: Edward Albee, Barbara Spiegel, Timothy Kreider. -- Mommy. The jumble ; The muffle voice. -- I'll Give You Something to Cry About: In the Hall of the Mountain King. Conversations with mothers and daughters: Christine McGinn, Ann Beattie, Veronica Gerhardf, Susan Minot. -- Postlude: Anti-Venom -- "Same Monkeys, Different Barrel" : a conversation with Jennifer and Deirdre Boylan by Anna Quindlen |
Summary |
This is the author's memoir about gender and parenting, including incredible interviews discussing gender, how families are shaped, and the difficulties and wonders of being human. A father for ten years, a mother for eight, and for a time in between, neither, or both ("the parental version of the schnoodle, or the cockapoo"), she has seen parenthood from both sides of the gender divide." |
Notes |
"Featuring conversations with Richard Russo, Trey Ellis, Augusten Burroughs, Edward Albee, Timothy Kreider, Ann Beattie, Susan Minot, and other parents and former children." |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [281]-284) |
Subject |
Boylan, Jennifer Finney, 1958- -- Family.
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Children -- Interviews.
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English teachers -- Biography.
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Gender identity -- United States.
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Male-to-female transsexuals -- Family relationships.
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Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
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Gender identity.
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Parents -- Interviews.
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Transsexuals -- United States.
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Genre/Form |
Autobiographies.
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Interviews.
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ISBN |
0767921771 (paperback) |
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9780767921770 (paperback) |
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