[bksvol-discuss] Just submitted
- From: "solsticesinger" <solsticesinger@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2008 23:22:38 -0500
Hi, all.
I have just submitted The Other Mother: A Lesbian's Fight for Her Daughter by
Nancy Abrams to the step one page. I have protected page breaks and chapter
headings. I did not strip headers though. Common scannos have been cleaned up.
The synopsis is below. If you have questions, feel free to contact me at:
solsticesinger@xxxxxxxxx
On a spring day in 1993, Nancy Abrams helped her daughter dress for day care,
packed her lunch, and said good-bye. Next she drove to court, where she learned
that in the eyes of the law she was nothing more than "a biological stranger'"
to the child she helped bring into the world and raise. That was the last time
she would see her daughter or hear her voice for five years.
The Other Mother begins as Abrams and her female lover decide to begin a family
together. With giddy anticipation, they search for a sperm donor, shop for baby
clothes and crib, and attend childbirth classes. But despite their high hopes,
the relationship begins to fall apart, and they separate when their daughter is
a toddler. Problems between the two intensify until, shortly before her
daughter's fifth birthday, Abrams loses custody.
In unprecedented depth, Abrams's compelling narrative examines the social,
legal, and political implications of gay and lesbian parenting. Her haunting
memoir asks the question, "What makes a mother?" It is a question that
biological parents, co-parents, adoptive parents, step-parents, and divorced
parents must each answer in their own way. In telling one woman's story, The
Other Mother makes a solid case for legal protections, including marriage, for
lesbian and gay families.
Shannon
I am only one; but still I am one. I can not do everything, but I can do
something. And, because I can not do everything, I will not refuse to do the
something I can do.
Everet Edward Hale
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