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Commitment : Love, Sex, Marriage, and My Family by Dan Savage (2006, Uk-B Format Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
ISBN-100452287634
ISBN-139780452287631
eBay Product ID (ePID)53563108
Product Key Features
Book TitleCommitment : Love, Sex, Marriage, and My Family
Number of Pages304 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicLgbt Studies / General, Marriage & Long-Term Relationships, Personal Memoirs, Lgbt Studies / Gay Studies, Adoption & Fostering
Publication Year2006
GenreFamily & Relationships, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorDan Savage
FormatUk-B Format Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight9.2 Oz
Item Length7.9 in
Item Width5.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition22
Reviews"Hilarious, heartfelt." - Seattle Post-Intelligencer "As funny as David Sedaris's essay collections, but bawdier and more thought-provoking." - Publisher's Weekly (starred review) "Most of all, a book about creating and appreciating family." - Seattle Times "I think America would be a better place if everyone on every side of the gay marriage debate would read this book." - Ira Glass , host of the public radio show This American Life "The strongest argument here, which [Savage] brilliantly plays down, is that family means everything to these people: married, not married, blended, gay, straight, whatever." - The Washington Post, "Hilarious, heartfelt." -- Seattle Post-Intelligencer "As funny as David Sedaris's essay collections, but bawdier and more thought-provoking." -- Publisher's Weekly (starred review) "Most of all, a book about creating and appreciating family." -- Seattle Times "I think America would be a better place if everyone on every side of the gay marriage debate would read this book." -- Ira Glass , host of the public radio show This American Life "The strongest argument here, which [Savage] brilliantly plays down, is that family means everything to these people: married, not married, blended, gay, straight, whatever." -- The Washington Post
TitleLeadingThe
Grade FromTwelfth Grade
Dewey Decimal306.87086/642
Grade ToUP
SynopsisSavage, a syndicated sex-advice columnist, takes on the issue of gay marriage and makes it personal in this rollicking memoir of coming to terms with the very public act of marriage., Dan Savage's mother wants him to get married. His boyfriend, Terry, says "no thanks" because he doesn't want to act like a straight person. Their six-year-old son DJ says his two dads aren't "allowed" to get married, but that he'd like to come to the reception and eat cake. Throw into the mix Dan's straight siblings, whose varied choices form a microcosm of how Americans are approaching marriage these days, and you get a rollicking family memoir that will have everyone--gay or straight, right or left, single or married--howling with laughter and rethinking their notions of marriage and all it entails., In a time when much of the country sees red whenever the subject of gay marriage comes up, Dan Savageoutspoken author of the column Savage Love makes it personal. Dan Savages mother wants him to get married. His boyfriend, Terry, says no thanks because he doesnt want to act like a straight person. Their six-year-old son DJ says his two dads arent allowed to get married, but that hed like to come to the reception and eat cake. Throw into the mix Dans straight siblings, whose varied choices form a microcosm of how Americans are approaching marriage these days, and you get a rollicking family memoir that will have everyonegay or straight, right or left, single or marriedhowling with laughter and rethinking their notions of marriage and all it entails. BACKCOVER: Hilarious, heartfelt. "Seattle Post-Intelligencer" As funny as David Sedariss essay collections, but bawdier and more thought-provoking. "Publishers Weekly" (starred review) Most of all, a book about creating and appreciating family. "Seattle Times" I think America would be a better place if everyone on every side of the gay marriage debate would read this book. Ira Glass, host of the public radio show "This American Life" The strongest argument here, which [Savage] brilliantly plays down, is that family means everything to these people: married, not married, blended, gay, straight, whatever. "The Washington Post"
LC Classification NumberHQ1033.S28 2006
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