One Big Happy Family : 18 Writers Talk About Open Adoption, Mixed Marriage, Polyamory, Househusbandry, Single Motherhood, and Other Realities of Truly Modern Love (Paperback)

from Cheryl_in_CC_NV

Wow, why haven't I heard of this book before? I'm poly, and subscribe to some mailing lists about it. But I found it by looking at my library's 'theme of the month' display. So cool.Well, not cool exactly. Kinda boring, actually. But I guess that's the point - no matter what the shape of your fam...

from eenerd

Kind of reassuring set of personal essays about every flavor of relationship family situation you can imagine. The gist? Take your situation and make it work for you-we are all just doing our best to get along.

from branadain

This is a great collection of entertaining and enlightening personal essays by people whose family lives just don't quite fit the mold. And that's the point. Real lives don't fit into some mold--the white, suburban, nuclear family--impressed upon the popular imagination by 1950s television. Real ...

from damsorrow

Killer collection. If you're anything like me, skip the embarrassing, childish spite of Rebecca Walker herself and the in-depth tour through what it's like to be boring by Sasha Hom and enjoy the rest of these truly diverse, totally awesome essays about creating intentional family.

from austinbarnes

Essay collections are perfect for my (often short) attention span. Loved the entire collection. Hard to pick a favorite.