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    <![CDATA[The Kid: What Happened After My Boyfriend and I Decided to Go Get Pregnant]]>
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    <![CDATA[Dan Savage's nationally syndicated sex advice column, &quot;Savage Love,&quot; enrages and excites more than four million people each week. In <em>The Kid</em>, Savage tells a no-holds-barred, high-energy story of an ordinary American couple who wants to have a baby. Except that in this case the couple happens to be Dan and his boyfriend. That fact, in the face of a society enormously uneasy with gay adoption, makes for an edgy, entertaining, and illuminating read. When Dan and his boyfriend are finally presented with an infant badly in need of parenting, they find themselves caught up in a drama that extends well beyond the confines of their immediate world. A story about confronting homophobia, falling in love, getting older, and getting a little bit smarter, <em>The Kid</em> is a book about the very human desire to have a family.<br/><br/>&quot;A disarmingly frank, wickedly funny account of an ultimately successful quest to adopt a baby.&quot; --<em>People</em><br/><br/>&quot;Very funny . . . Compelling and moving.&quot; --<em>Newsday</em>]]>
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  <read_at>Wed Feb 25 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[My book group read this book. I imagine it would be a 5-star book for most couples who want to adopt, especially LGBT couples and couples planning an open adoption. To me, it was less compelling, but I enjoyed it and learned from it.<br/><br/>True to form, Savage the sexual advice columnist is sav...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47560653">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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