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A review by dreamerfreak
A Family by Any Other Name: Exploring Queer Relationships by Bruce Gillespie
5.0
This is a beautiful anthology exploring the changing dynamic and definition of "family" in North America. The personal essays contained in this book examine what family means to all of us, whether blood, marriage, adoption, or something less "legal" but more profound. These contributors have discovered that the family we make is the most important of all and they're sharing their experiences if you're willing to take a chance to open up as well.
Even though I consider myself a very open and queer-positive person (falling somewhere in that category myself), not all of the situations presented here I would have initially labelled "family". And I would have been wrong. I'm so glad I've had the opportunity to learn differently. I devoured the stories in this book quickly, fascinated by the families that were brought to life, but I will certainly in the future come back again and again, to explore many of these in more depth.
Some of my favorites on this initial read were:
It Could Happen to You by 'Nathan Bourgoine
Finding My Grace by Betty Jane Hegerat
Piecing My Family Together by Jason Dale
Hiddur Mitzvah by S. Bear Bergman
I'll be checking out some of these authors again in the future!
[I received this book for free through First Reads and was not required to write a positive or any other type of review. All opinions stated herein are solely my own.]
Even though I consider myself a very open and queer-positive person (falling somewhere in that category myself), not all of the situations presented here I would have initially labelled "family". And I would have been wrong. I'm so glad I've had the opportunity to learn differently. I devoured the stories in this book quickly, fascinated by the families that were brought to life, but I will certainly in the future come back again and again, to explore many of these in more depth.
Some of my favorites on this initial read were:
It Could Happen to You by 'Nathan Bourgoine
Finding My Grace by Betty Jane Hegerat
Piecing My Family Together by Jason Dale
Hiddur Mitzvah by S. Bear Bergman
I'll be checking out some of these authors again in the future!
[I received this book for free through First Reads and was not required to write a positive or any other type of review. All opinions stated herein are solely my own.]