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funny
hopeful
inspiring
fast-paced
Loved this!
Super conversational writing style, which I love. I also loved the little, post chapter financial tally throughout to shed light on the blatant audacity of it all, lol.
It's def a fun jaunt through what the process was for three gay poly men to all become full fledged parents under the law. Some of that made me so angry, especially as the money tally kept growing and growing for the legal fees alone!
But it all has a happy ending of course, and I now follow them on Instagram! lol
A truly inspirational tale.
And the precedence they created during their legal struggles will undoubtedly create ease for future poly parents in the future, gay OR straight!
Good on them!
Super conversational writing style, which I love. I also loved the little, post chapter financial tally throughout to shed light on the blatant audacity of it all, lol.
It's def a fun jaunt through what the process was for three gay poly men to all become full fledged parents under the law. Some of that made me so angry, especially as the money tally kept growing and growing for the legal fees alone!
But it all has a happy ending of course, and I now follow them on Instagram! lol
A truly inspirational tale.
And the precedence they created during their legal struggles will undoubtedly create ease for future poly parents in the future, gay OR straight!
Good on them!
Ian Jenkins, a polyamorous doctor in a gay throuple, recounts the journey his family took in bringing their daughter into the world via IVF with an egg donor and surrogate. It's a readable family memoir with interesting detours into the legal status of three-parent families, virus response (in this case, Zika), the IVF process, and the benefits of village-style parenting. Jenkins' family is of course extremely privileged and would not have been able to have a child otherwise; a point he hammers home by keeping a running tally of the costs involved, which add up to over $120,000.
As much as this is a central message of the book (with a rant at the end about how unfair it is that these legal and financial roadblocks prevent so many from being able to realize their family dreams), at many times Jenkins seems blissfully unaware of his own smugness, bragging about pretty random and unnecessary things like how many vegetables he eats, and seemingly attempting to prove how non-racist he is by exoticizing the (hypothetical) idea of having a mixed-race child.
Given how many people seem to genuinely like this family and altruistically put their time/eggs/womb/milk/bodies on the line to help them, I have to believe they are better in person. Jenkins wouldn't be the first person to come across as more glib and sarcastic in print than in real life. Still, in a memoir about family, it would be nice to see more emotion and reflection.
As much as this is a central message of the book (with a rant at the end about how unfair it is that these legal and financial roadblocks prevent so many from being able to realize their family dreams), at many times Jenkins seems blissfully unaware of his own smugness, bragging about pretty random and unnecessary things like how many vegetables he eats, and seemingly attempting to prove how non-racist he is by exoticizing the (hypothetical) idea of having a mixed-race child.
Given how many people seem to genuinely like this family and altruistically put their time/eggs/womb/milk/bodies on the line to help them, I have to believe they are better in person. Jenkins wouldn't be the first person to come across as more glib and sarcastic in print than in real life. Still, in a memoir about family, it would be nice to see more emotion and reflection.