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    <body><![CDATA[A mixed bag of essays on trying to create families in atypical ways. Some are very moving -- particularly Dan Savage's &quot;The Enemy Within,&quot; about the birth mother of his adoptive son, and Meredith Maran's wrenching essay &quot;Till Life Do Us Part,&quot; about her deeply conflicted feelings...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49703220">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[But for one or two interesting, enlightening stories, the book ended up reinforcing every crappy stereotype I have on certain issues.  I hated most of these stories not because of the topics (which I found incredibly interesting), but because of the writer.  Again, excepting Dan Savage, ZZ Tucker an...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62288963">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I love Rebecca Walker. She gathered together these essays to help her chart a course for her own family, and she's helped us all in the course of it. The stories are from all different kinds of families, and really validate the efforts of those of us who eschew tradition for hard-won equality and op...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72227087">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Stories about today's family, whether it be polyamorous, mixed marriage, single motherhood, or anything else that has been deemed &quot;destructive&quot; by the GOP to the &quot;traditional, American family values.&quot; Because we're not all alike. Because we're all unique. Why should we be expecte...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48330328">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Continuing my obsession with all books Rebecca Walker...<br/><br/>The Lopate show had RW and two other authors from this anthology on to talk about the book yesterday.  I was talking to his producer about the segment yesterday and she offered the review copy to me!  Which I gratefully accepted and...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47501250">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Nice collection. The tone of all the essays was perhaps a little too similar - I sometimes felt they could have all been written by the same author, despite portraying such different experiences and circumstances. But a great set of reflections for anyone interested in thinking about intentionally s...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72645572">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was an interesting collection of essays on families. The editor managed to collect quite a variety of essays that shows how diverse families are. I liked that the authors of each essay are describing their own family life/experiences. So it's not like reading a study on families, but really see...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54391374">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Of course I didn't like all the essays, but it was so refreshing to read people talking and thinking about race, ethics, feminism in parenting. My favorite bits, though, were by people I know through their blogs because I recognized them and their children. Blogs are better than books??]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[While the review at Kirkus says, “eye-opening and sometimes shocking, as it brilliantly explodes traditional notions about the nuclear family.”, my non-traditional and largely queer community of lovers, artists, and freaks means that I found this book felt like home. <br/>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A collection of essays that I for the  most part enjoyed. Some deal with kids, but all deal with love in its many forms and many rewards and consequences. Some are written better than others, some tend more towards serious tones than comedic, but on the whole a very nice read.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Writers write about their families.  The writers who write are good writers so it was interesting to read these varied accounts of family life.  Out of the eighteen pieces only two did not strike my fancy...good work on the editor's part. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Wonderful collection of essays about family.  Beautifully written, thought provoking and comforting all at the same time.  Read it.  ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Interesting althoug I don't think it is entirely representative of the full spectrum of today's families.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[essays from ZZ Packer, Dan Savage, Min Jin Lee, asha bandele, Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez, and others]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was an interesting book to read and good to see other peoples' perspective on life.]]></body>
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