Family Values : A Lesbian Mother's Fight for Her Son

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Summary: I loved this book.
Review: This book tells two parallel stories: the author's struggleto adopt and raise the son she had with her partner, andthe 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.

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Summary: Disappointing Reading
Review: When I first read this book I was expecting a story about "a lesbian mother's fight for her son." In reality, very little of this book deals with the author's family situation and relationship with her son. Most of the book chroncicles the author's political activism and there is compartively little dealing with her partner or child. A profound disappointment