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Summary: A Joyful and Enjoyable Book
Review: I enjoyed this book tremendously. It touched on just about all the issues anyone (gay/straight/whatever) should think about before becoming a parent. Like many memoirs and autobiographies, it is a bit heavy with self-analysis but then I would hesitate before making such a commitment myself.
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Summary: A Joyful and Enjoyable Book
Review: I enjoyed this book tremendously. It touched on just about all the issues anyone (gay/straight/whatever) should think about before becoming a parent. Like many memoirs and autobiographies, it is a bit heavy with self-analysis but then I would hesitate before making such a commitment myself.
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Summary: A superb book
Review: I read this book in one afternoon; I simply couldn't put it down. The book is beautifully written and the story is compelling. I also loved Green's insights into parenting, religion, and contemporary gay life. The Velveteen Father is a humane, intelligent antidote to the nonsense often voiced by the Christian Right--that being gay or lesbian is inimical to being a good parent. Green's book not only contradicts this nonsense with grace and wit, but points out ways to live with greater integrity. A very real achievement, indeed. Bravo! Please write another book soon.
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Summary: Scary implications
Review: I read this book on alternative parenting and quickly became horrified. It seems the author will justify anything he does under the guise of "doing the right thing." And he seems disturbingly pleased with his own "integrity." Frighteningly self-deluded is more like it. God have mercy on the child.
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Summary: Wonderful
Review: I totally love this book -- at once sweet and delicious and touching and wise, beautifully written and, to anyone who has ever contemplated parenthood, endlessly thought-provoking. It could lead to 10,000 blessed adoptions; and proves, yet again, that love trumps labels.-- Andrew Tobias
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Summary: Rich portrayal of a journey to parenthood
Review: I was given a copy of this book by my boyfriend. Actually, it was hidden inside of another gift he'd given me for my birthday. He'd spoken often of his desire to be a parent, and it wasn't s surprise when I received the book. The surprise came when I opened it up to find not just a story about two gay men becoming fathers, but actually a meditation on the many ways in which we become families, and how who we are is shaped by our parents, our families and by who THEY are. This very different journey into parenthood is also a journey into humanity, and those who have or don't have children, want or don't want children, will find something of their own story in this touchingly written memoir.
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Summary: An Engrossing Read
Review: I was given a copy of this book by my boyfriend. Actually, it was hidden inside of another gift he'd given me for my birthday. He'd spoken often of his desire to be a parent, and it wasn't s surprise when I received the book. The surprise came when I opened it up to find not just a story about two gay men becoming fathers, but actually a meditation on the many ways in which we become families, and how who we are is shaped by our parents, our families and by who THEY are. This very different journey into parenthood is also a journey into humanity, and those who have or don't have children, want or don't want children, will find something of their own story in this touchingly written memoir.
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Summary: Thanks Jesse! you changed my life..
Review: I'm a gay man living in Israel, I read this book when I was considering adoption myself. Well... a year later I adopted, this book gave me so much courage and optimism It's one of the most touching books i ever read. It is full of humor and pain, a perfect blend of sweet and sour! I only wish Jesse Green would know that ,Erez his son, who got his name from a visit of his father to Israel, really changed someone's life in Israel! Thanks Jesse, your book is a must to any father to be. Gay, Straight... American or Israeli!
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Summary: great crossover memoir on parenthood if you're openminded
Review: i'm a heterosexual mom with a husband and 2 sons--and loved this book. it's really nice memoir-reading and a really nice story. green probably knows how lucky his kids are to be growing up with parents who care so exquisitely about the really important stuff in life. i think if you're a parent with even a halfway open mind this book will provide entertainment and insight.
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Summary: A New Fan of Jesse Green
Review: I'm a straight, married woman without children. I picked this book up in the library and began reading it. I was still reading it as I walked out of the library .... Why the story of a gay man who's become a father would fascinate me is a testamonial to Mr. Green's engaging and intimate narration. I couldn't put his book down. I enjoyed his style of writing, his touching yet shrewd account of accidental fatherhood, and his startling perceptions. This is one of the best books I've read this year. Don't pass this by simply because it's an account of a gay man's experience with adoption/fatherhood. You risk passing by an opportunity to broaden your world.
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