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"Meg Krantz is searching for a lot in her life, but not for a child. She has never known what kind of mother she'd be, selfless or purely acquisitive, and she hasn't been particularly eager to find out. Enter 4 1/2-year-old Kimble Toffler. Soon to be orphaned, Kimble comes into Meg's life through Meg's volunteer work. Before long Meg wonders if, and then how, she can forge a future with this child to whom she's grown so attached. The women in her...
8) Gold fever
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Kate Ballantyne's life was cruising along very nicely. No highs. No lows. Just the way she liked it. She had a good job and a casual relationship. Then Patsy Maclean had a sixtieth birthday and Kate learned her entire family would be attending the party, including her younger daughter, Ashley.
As an orphaned ten-year-old, Kate's young life had been turned upside down when she was sent to live with her aunt in the historic gold mining city of Charters...
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Written by two experienced lesbian therapists and parents, this second edition of Lesbian Parenting has been updated to reflect the contemporary cultural and political landscape, as well as current trends in parenting. Drawing on the real-life experiences of lesbian families and the latest information from family specialists, the authors present detailed, chapter-by-chapter information on each stage of parenthood and child development. New material...
10) Long way home
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Veronica's mother is a lesbian and when she comes out to her family, their father divorces her and has her declared an unfit mother, leaving Veronica to feel caught between her mother's loving househould and the abusive situation at her father's.
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Set against the backdrop of the San Francisco lesbian-gay civil rights struggle, and written in a time when the phrase "family values" is charged with hidden meanings, this is the story of a lesbian woman who can no longer camouflage her lesbian identity when her partner chooses to have a baby through artificial insemination.