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Cargando... Buying Dad: One Woman's Search for the Perfect Sperm Donorpor Harlyn Aizley
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Harlyn Aizley takes the reader on one of the most personal, intimate and utterly female journeys any woman, gay or straight, can make - that of becoming a mother. Aizley's story begins with the search for sperm. The journey unfolds within the context of her relationship with her female partner, her mother's cancer diagnosis, the threat of her own possible infertility, and finally pregnancy itself. Aizley's wry voice and candid prose embrace this confluence of major life events with humour and wisdom. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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Ignore the misleading title — Aizley isn't embarking on the path to motherhood alone; she's accompanied by her girlfriend, Faith. Maybe the author's internalized homophobia, which occasionally rears its head, is to blame; maybe it's the homophobic context. (Aizley is horrified to realize, for example, that many fertility clinics deny treatment to "single women," a term that is conveniently applied to coupled lesbians.) Or maybe it just makes for a catchier title.
In any case, her homophobia is made less offensive by the fact she is well aware of it, incorporating it into her self-deprecating shtick. Her writing is engaging, funny, and multi-layered; she mixes the tragic with the comedic, offering a readable memoir peppered with late '90s and early '00s references. (The book was published in 2003.)
For a glimpse into Harlie and Faith's life after the book ends, check out Faith's essay in the anthology Aizley edited, [b:Confessions of the Other Mother.|87637|Confessions of the Other Mother Nonbiological Lesbian Moms Tell All!|Harlyn Aizley|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1320467320s/87637.jpg|84601]