Family Values: Two Moms and Their Son

by Phyllis Burke

Book Overview

A lesbian recounts her fight to legally adopt and co-parent her lover's child, describing her journey into the worlds of adoption courts and the militant activist group, Queer Nation. 25,000 first... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0679421882
• ISBN13: 9780679421887
• Release Date: May 1993
• Publisher: Random House (NY)
• Length: 233 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

I loved this book.

This book tells two parallel stories: the author's struggle to adopt and raise the son she had with her partner, and the story of Queer Nation - San Francisco from about 1990 to 1992. It's an excellent documentary of both her personal story and the historical events of those years: protests against the Gulf War, christian evangelists, and the film "Basic Instinct." I participated in the protests and am mentioned in the book, but that's not why I like it. It's funny, accurate, touching and dramatic.