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Out Of The Closet Into Our Hearts: Celebrating Our Gay/Lesbian Family Members
by Laura Siegel Nancy Lamkin OlsonI'll Fix Anthony
by Judith ViorstA little brother thinks of the ways he will some day get revenge on his older brother
My Mama Says There Aren't Any Zombies, Ghosts, Vampires, Creatures, Demons, Monsters, Fiends, Goblins or Things
by Judith ViorstIf his mother has made other important mistakes, can Nick trust her word that there are no goblins and other such lurking around in the night?
Facing the Wind: A True Story of Tragedy and Reconciliation
by Julie SalamonIn 1978 Robert Rowe, a Brooklyn attorney, murdered his wife and three children; his 12-year-old son Christopher was blind and had multiple disabilities. Three years earlier Rowe had been diagnosed with psychotic depression. He was acquitted of the murders on the insanity plea. After two years in a psychiatric hospital he was released and set out to build a new life. Salamon bases her book on extensive interviews with the people who knew Rowe and his family. Key among them are the members of a support group for mothers of blind children. The attitudes of the mothers, as conveyed by Salamon, are highly negative toward blind people, and the children are consistently portrayed as burdensome to their parents. On the plus side, the book raises probing questions about the nature of guilt and atonement, sanity and madness, and the meaning of forgiveness.
In the Castle of the Flynns
by Michael RaleighWhen Danny Dorsey's parents are killed in a car accident, Danny is adopted by his maternal grandparents, the Flynns, and raised with their surviving children, his Aunt Anne and Uncles Mike and Tom. He still has close contact with his father's family, too, including his deeply troubled cousin Matt. Altogether Danny grows up amid a bubbling stew of family interactions, often heated by alcohol, but always seasoned with love and understanding. Danny spies on the grownups and tries to make sense of their personal turmoils, while at the same time living out numerous adventures of his own.
A Lesbian Love Advisor
by Celeste WestWitty, yet also serious content, for lesbians and relationships. Some wonderful ideas and examples for various types of rituals.
Lesbian Couples
by D. Merilee Clunis G. Dorsey GreenWritten by two well-known lesbian psychologists, this book is a guide to developing and maintaining lesbian relationships. No matter how short or long your current relationship has been, a review of this book is always helpful.
The Lesbian Parenting Book: A Guide to Creating Families and Raising Children
by G. Dorsey Green D. Merilee ClunisMany topics covered, both in the areas of child raising, and raising children in non-traditional families. Wonderful support and education in this book. Written by psychologists who are the authors of "Lesbian Couples." (Also available on Bookshare.)
Through Yup'ik Eyes: An Adopted Son Explores the Landscape of Family
by Colin ChisholmThe author, adopted as an infant by a Caucasian father and half-Eskimo mother, makes a series of trips to Alaska after his adoptive mother's death. There he connects with her Eskimo relatives, from whom she was separated at the age of six. Chisholm reconstructs the history of his adoptive mother's family in a series of fictional sketches based on stories he was told by the surviving members. This reconstruction gives him a new perspective on his mother's life and his own.
A Return to Christmas
by Chris HeimerdingerUntil he was three years old, Artemus Holiday and his twin brother, Andrew, had shared the adventures of life together. But when young Artemus lost his brother in a terrible tragedy on Christmas day, the magic of the Christmas season seemed forever shrouded by a cloud of sadness and despair. But miracles have been known to happen during this time of year. . . . This heartwarming Christmas story follows the lives of two eleven-year-old heroes-the weary and cynical Artemus and an outcast named Chess, a homeless con-artist with a heart of gold. Through a simple twist of fate, these boys will find themselves swept into the adventure of a lifetime--one that takes them beyond their wildest imaginings.
Where's Buddy?
by Ron RoyThey've only got an hour to find Buddy - and save his life. An excellent mystery. This book also gives children an introduction to diabetes, and how children with the disease care for themselves while living active, fun-filled lives.
Staying Power: Long Term Lesbian Couples
by Susan E. JohnsonThis is the report of the first nation-wide study on long-term lesbian relationships. It includes interviews with couples, analyses, and what can be learned from these women.
Between Husbands and Friends
by Nancy ThayerA story of two couples and their struggle to hold their marriages together. Some great times at the beach, some infidelity, while trying to do the right thing for their children.
Amelia Bedelia and the Baby (I Can Read! #8)
by Peggy ParishIf the baby's schedule said to play for two hours, what would you do? Babysitting is loads of fun the Amelia Bedelia way!
Saqiyuq: Stories from the Lives of Three Inuit Women
by Nancy WachowichThrough the oral histories of three Inuit women - mother, daughter, and granddaughter - we witness a people in transition. Appia Agalakti Awa, born in about 1931, grows up in a traditional Inuit community, living off the land and traveling by dogsled. Her daughter, Rhoda Kaukjak Katsak, attends a government school and learns English, but still feels deeply connected to her Inuit roots. Rhoda's daughter, Sandra Pikujak Katsak, lives much like other urban young people, with concerns about school, drugs, alcohol, and peer pressure. The stories of these three women humanize the enormous issues faced by pre-industrial peoples as they move into industrial society.
The Sharon Kowalski Case: Lesbian and Gay Rights on Trial
by Casey CharlesStudy of a long dispute for guardianship of a disabled woman between her parents and her partner.
One Year Off: Leaving it All Behind for a Round-the-world Journey with Our Children
by David Elliot Cohen[book Excerpt] In the end, I wrote twenty-three of these e-mail updates. They described our travels by airplane, ship, bus, car, van, train, camel cart, oxcart, and elephant howdah through sixteen countries on six continents. They recounted the times we got hopelessly lost in Rome and Cape Town, how we rushed our daughter to the emergency room in Bangkok, how we escaped a charging hippo in Botswana, how Kara nearly died in Australia, and how I stumbled upon a bit of enlightenment in a cave in rural Laos. They described what it was like to live out of a suitcase for more than a year and how we managed to coexist as a family in tight quarters twenty- four hours a day. As you read these adventures, anecdotes, and minor epiphanies, I hope you get the sense that these letters were sent to you, or better yet, that you traveled with us during our one amazing year off.
Ice
by Phyllis Reynolds NaylorCan the truth thaw Chrissa's frozen heart? It's been three years since Chrissa's father walked out of her life. Too angry even to speak to her mother, Chrissa is obsessed with finding the answers to her questions: Why did her father leave? Why does she never hear from him? And is it somehow her fault, for not being the daughter he wanted her to be? Now, unable to deal with Chrissa's silence, her mother has sent her away from her New York City home to spend a year in the country with her grandmother-her father's mother. Perhaps in Gram's house, in the rural community in which her father grew up, Chrissa will discover the secret of his disappearance. Instead, Chrissa finds more secrets and suspicions. And, surprisingly, she finds strength she never knew she had--strength she will need when she must confront the most devastating secret of all.
The Patchwork Quilt
by Valerie FlournoyTanya loved listening to her grand-mother talk about the patchwork quilt as she cut and stitched together the pieces of colorful fabric. A scrap of blue from brother Jim's favorite old pants, a piece of gold left over from Mama's Christmas dress, a bright square from Tanya's Halloween costume-all fit together to make a quilt of memories.<P><P> But one day Tanya's grandmother becomes ill, and Tanya doesn't know how to help her. It's then she decides to finish Grandma's masterpiece herself, and with the help of Mama and the whole family, she sets to work.<P> All the trust and sharing between a young girl and her treasured grand-mother is captured in Valerie Flournoy's story, lovingly illustrated in Jerry Pinkney's evocative paintings.<P>Winner of the Coretta Scott King Medal
Raising a Mother Isn't Easy
by Elisabet MchughEleven-year-old Karen is an adopted Korean orphan. Her mother is a single parent, and Karen has decided that what her mother needs is a husband. Although to the outside world Karen's mother is a thoroughly competent woman (she is a successful veterinarian, who can, when necessary, tune her own car), this is not the way Karen sees her. Karen's well-intentioned plan, kept secret from her mother, of course, doesn't work out in the way Karen hoped it would. But her funny, heartwarming efforts and the book's surprise ending will bring readers a very special satisfaction. A fresh, humorous, and touching first novel.
The Story of My Father: A Memoir
by Sue MillerNovelist Sue Miller writes with stunning truthfulness about her father's slow and irrevocable descent into Alzheimers disease, and her anguished struggle to care for him and maintain emotional contact. She reflects upon her father's life and the dynamics of her family as past patterns are sometimes unraveled, sometimes reinforced. In a moving afterword Miller describes how she came to terms with her father's death and explains how she decided to write this book.
Composing Myself: A Journey through Post-Partum Depression
by Fiona ShawFollowing the birth of her second child the author was hospitalized for two months with a severe postpartum depression. She was treated with electroshock therapy which left her with large gaps in her short-term memory. In an effort to make sense of what had happened to her she set out to write about her own life. She further launched an exploration of the literature about post-partum depression, and interviewed other women who had experienced this frightening and little-understood illness.
Rhine Maidens
by Carolyn See"Carolyn See's new novel is even more wonderful than her last, which is saying a lot. She sees things no one else does, and is so funny, sympathetic, and comprehending. Rhine Maidens is an amazing tour de [orce." -Diane Johnson Rhine Maidens is beautifully a written novel about an emotional legacy passed from parent to child, a failure of love that both divides and unites women of two generations. At twenty, Grace had a 20-inch waist, long auburn hair, a job in downtown Los Angeles, and all the world before her. She married a man she loved and was snpposed to live happily ever after, But her husband left her for another woman. Now in her sixties, she lives alone in a ,mall California town and lies awake at night listening to the sound of the oil wells, counting her disappointments and waiting for something else to go wrong. Garnet is one of Grate's disappointments and has spent much of her life trying to please--or at least pacify--her mother. She's a mother now herself, with a successful husband and a nice home in Brentwood. She shops at I. Magnin, gardens and plays bridge, takes courses at UCLA. She's happy. What happened to her mother eodd never happen to her. And then it does happen. Bhine Maidens is the story of two wo,rnen caught in a sexual history that passes from one generation to the next. Carolyn See captures with rare intimacy and insight the frustrations--and triumphs-of women struggling with the loss of love, and observes with an affectionate yet unflinching eye the casual Southern California life, past ld present, of which they are a part.
Life with Father
by Clarence DayA rich, uproarious book about family life, with amazing, amusing, warmhearted characters.