Keith was disowned by his family when he came out as a gay man. Sonya lost custody of her children when her ex-husband discovered she was a lesbian. Now she and Janice have started a new family -- with Keith's help as sperm donor. But when Janice, the birth mother, is tragically killed, baby Heather’s future is left up to a family court -- the result of a three way struggle for custody between Sonya, Keith and grandparents bent on rescuing their grandchild from a “homosexual lifestyle."”Schwab has produced a thought-provoking novel that probes the complexity of the word ‘family.’”says Small Press. The San Francisco Chronicle called this novel "a vivid evocation of family life, and a real page-turner." Featured in Reading Group Choices: Selections for lively book discussions 1997, the book includes book group discussion questions. The ongoing struggle for marriage equality makes it more timely than the day it was published!
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