| Description |
1 online resource (167 pages) |
| Contents |
Put my head in her hands, our two heads together; Witness to the telling; Limb from limb; Telling, not telling, still hurting; What part of the story do I tell?; Heart on the table, in my hands; In the age of no innocence; Lost time, in time, on time, with time; In the gaze, in the tone of the voice; Much of the script, already written; Father love; Mother love; Sex education in the 1990s; So grown; Sand beneath my feet, the tide takes its turn; Acknowledgments; Notes |
| Summary |
"In 1997, Becky Thompson began parenting nine-year-old Adrian at the request of his mother, changing both of their lives forever. Mothering without a Compass is the story of Thompson's first year as the white lesbian "sudden-mother" of an African American boy. From the everyday yet sometimes overwhelming tasks of finding Adrian a school and debating the significance of action figures, to unexpected discussions about who pays whom at the sperm bank and the more complicated matters of racism, sexuality, nontraditional families, open adoption, love, and loss, Thompson gives us an absorbing and often humorous account of her experience with antiracist, multicultural parenting." "Mothering without a Compass relates a lesbian parent's struggle to help her child grow up and describes the complexities facing children who have more than one family."--Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-168) |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Lesbian mothers -- Family relationships -- United States
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Women, White -- Family relationships -- United States
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African American young men -- Family relationships
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Children of gay parents -- Family relationships -- United States
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Mothers and sons -- United States
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FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Parenting -- Motherhood.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Women's Studies.
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African American young men -- Family relationships
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Children of gay parents -- Family relationships
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Lesbian mothers -- Family relationships
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Mothers and sons
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780816636365 |
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0816636362 |
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9780816691876 |
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0816691878 |
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