false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171675644m/113326.jpg 113326 5 Best known for his syndicated sexual advice column, "Savage Love," Dan Savage shares his own story in <I>The Kid</I>, a hilarious account of his efforts--along with his partner--to adopt a child. (Whoops, make that his boyfriend; Savage can't stand the "genderless" P-word: "Straight people and press organs that want to acknowledge gay relationships while at the same time pushing the two-penises stuff as far out of their minds as possible love 'partner.' I hated it.") Savage doesn't give an inch on the sexuality issue; it's hard to imagine that a homophobic reader would even pick up <I>The Kid</I>, but if it happened, Savage's unapologetic presentation of his life would quickly scare that reader off. Which isn't to say that he paints a rosy picture of homosexual cohabitation: the very first scene finds Dan's boyfriend, Terry, locking himself in the bathroom after a fight over the music on the car stereo. The misadventures continue through each step of the open-adoption process, in which Dan and Terry get to know their baby's birth mother, and the first few weeks of parenthood. <I>The Kid</I> is a wonderful, charming account of real "family values" that proves love knows no limits. 109107 1999 The Kid: What Happened After My Boyfriend and I Decided to Go Get Pregnant total:1229|5:361|4:579|3:244|2:37|1:8| 1229 4935 1853 235 4 3 false false Sat Apr 26 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Feb 20 16:13:54 -0800 2008 Mon Apr 28 15:40:54 -0700 2008
I think a book like this should be required reading for all the 'crazy fundies' out there. If Dan seems preachy so...more...]]> 5 2 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 04 16:43:44 -0800 2007 Sun Jan 06 15:28:02 -0800 2008
Savage often comes off as blunt and uncaring in his weekly sex advice column, but this shows his tender underbelly -- ...more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu Nov 08 13:58:32 -0800 2007 Tue Feb 19 12:50:14 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Feb 25 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 25 21:16:17 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 25 22:09:26 -0800 2009
True to form, Savage the sexual advice columnist is sav...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Sep 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 18:54:51 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 28 06:02:17 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Dec 28 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 02 08:59:52 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 02 09:07:59 -0800 2009
I have many gay friends and family members in my life, and in fact this was a holiday gift from one of them. He loved it and felt that...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jan 11 09:33:30 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 11 09:52:53 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Mar 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Feb 02 18:37:43 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 13 13:12:29 -0700 2009 This gets three and a half stars, actually. The half I'm giving to Dan Savage because of the hilarious and not-actually-too-mean things he says about Irish ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Sep 05 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Sun Mar 22 16:21:22 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 08:55:10 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Nov 04 15:26:09 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 17 07:53:19 -0800 2008 once more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Nov 03 19:25:53 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 09 04:35:21 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Dec 10 11:21:40 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 10 11:29:05 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 28 13:04:11 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 30 06:34:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Jun 28 14:19:05 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 28 14:21:08 -0700 2008 5 1 false false Tue Nov 10 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Sep 06 11:25:48 -0700 2009 Tue Nov 10 06:59:57 -0800 2009
The real issues are refle...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 30 10:18:28 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 16 11:01:51 -0700 2009
I have to warn you, there are some extremely explicit descriptions of homosexual sexual relationshsips that, honestly, I could have do...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 09 12:40:20 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 13 07:51:54 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jan 08 08:25:30 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 12 12:57:01 -0800 2008
or maybe my intense obsession with my...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Jun 14 06:57:37 -0700 2007 Thu Jun 14 06:59:18 -0700 2007
I actually feel like despite the fact that I am a Dan Savage Fan, I am in a position to offer a reasonable critique for the following reason: about 2 summers ago I read “Skipping Towards Gomorrah...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Mar 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 15 10:45:30 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 15 11:22:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=113326