This book "centers on the story of Barnz adopting a child and the legal battle with the birthfather that began the day after the child's birth--and two days before 9/11. The book interweaves this narrative with Barnz's path to parenthood, beginning with his closeted youth in 1980s New York, a time when it was statistically more likely he would die from AIDS than become a father. Alternating between legal suspense story and memoir, [the book] examines shifting gender roles in parenting as well as modern notions of family ...
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This book "centers on the story of Barnz adopting a child and the legal battle with the birthfather that began the day after the child's birth--and two days before 9/11. The book interweaves this narrative with Barnz's path to parenthood, beginning with his closeted youth in 1980s New York, a time when it was statistically more likely he would die from AIDS than become a father. Alternating between legal suspense story and memoir, [the book] examines shifting gender roles in parenting as well as modern notions of family-construction, but ultimately ... is a personal narrative"--Publisher marketing.
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