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5) Dads
Author
Publisher
PowerHouse Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"A photo-essay of contemporary male same-sex couples and single gay fathers raising children, in portraits and words describing the joys and difficulties raising families as gay parents. Includes essays by the subjects themselves, and portraits of extended blended families (egg donors and surrogates) helping gay families achieve the same richness of life heterosexual couples and cis-gendered adults do"--Provided by publisher.
Dads is a journey into...
Author
Publisher
University of California Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Across the political spectrum, unwed fatherhood is denounced as one of the leading social problems of today. Doing the Best I Can is a strikingly rich, paradigm-shifting look at fatherhood among inner-city men often dismissed as "deadbeat dads." Kathryn Edin and Timothy J. Nelson examine how couples in challenging straits come together and get pregnant so quickly-without planning. The authors chronicle the high hopes for forging lasting family bonds...
Author
Publisher
Trafalgar Square Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"A smart, funny memoir exploring the evolution of a man and his relationship with his daughters as they grow up in the grips of the equestrian life. Nineteen years ago, Chad Oldfather found himself the father of a two-year-old girl who, out of nowhere, became obsessed with horses. Plenty of dads just "write the checks" and steer well clear of the barn; Oldfather instead embraced his daughter's interest, spending hours sitting ringside and many more...
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Lost and Found is about how young men learn to be fathers and how we, as a society, can facilitate that learning and help stabilize families. Paul Florsheim and David Moore introduce a diverse group of young men whose stories represent different trajectories of young fatherhood. The stories featured in this book begin soon after these young men find out their partners are pregnant and move in different, and often unexpected, directions. Some young...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"An unsparing, loving account of fatherhood and the surprising, magical, and maddening first five years of a son's life "I was not prepared to be a father-this much I knew." Keith Gessen was nearing forty and hadn't given much thought to the idea of being a father. He assumed he would have kids, but couldn't imagine what it would be like to be a parent, or what kind of parent he would be. Then, one Tuesday night in early June, the distant idea of...
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