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Stuck in the middle with you : a memoir of parenting in three genders, Jennifer Finney Boylan ; with an afterword by Anna Quindlen

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Author
Summary
This is the author's memoir about gender and parenting, including incredible interviews discussing gender, how families are shaped, and the difficulties and wonders of being human. A father for ten years, a mother for eight, and for a time in between, neither, or both ("the parental version of the schnoodle, or the cockapoo"), she has seen parenthood from both sides of the gender divide. When her two children were young, she came out as transgender, and as she transitioned from a man to a woman and from a father to a mother, her family faced unique challenges and questions. In this memoir, she asks what it means to be a father, or a mother, and to what extent gender shades our experiences as parents. "It is my hope," she writes, "that having a father who became a woman in turn helped my sons become better men." Through both her own story and incredibly insightful interviews with others, including Richard Russo, Edward Albee, Ann Beattie, Augusten Burroughs, Susan Minot, Trey Ellis, Timothy Kreider, and more, she examines relationships with fathers and mothers, people's memories of the children they were and the parents they became, and the many different ways a family can be. Followed by an Afterword by Anna Quindlen that includes the author and her wife discussing the challenges they have faced and the love they share. This is a brilliant meditation on raising and on being a child
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
1 online resource
Note
"Featuring conversations with Richard Russo, Trey Ellis, Augusten Burroughs, Edward Albee, Timothy Kreider, Ann Beattie, Susan Minot, and other parents and former children."
Contents
  • Daddy. Red card ; The plover's egg ; I'm awake, I'm awake ; Time out I: conversations with fathers & sons: Richard Russo, Ralph Savarese, Trey Ellis, Augusten Burroughs
  • Maddy. That'll teach 'em a lesson ; The orphan girl ; The gryphon ; Time out II: conversations with waifs & angels: Edward Albee, Barbara Spiegel, Timothy Kreider
  • Mommy. The jumble ; The muffle voice ; I'll give you something to cry about; In the hall of the mountain king ; Time out III: conversations with mothers & daughters: Christine McGinn, Ann Beattie, Veronica Gerhardf, Susan Minot
  • Postlude: Anti-venom
  • Afterword: Same monkeys, different barrel: a conversation with Jennifer and Deirdre Boylan by Anna Quindlen
Isbn
9780307952844
Instance
Label
Stuck in the middle with you : a memoir of parenting in three genders
Title
Stuck in the middle with you
Title remainder
a memoir of parenting in three genders
Statement of responsibility
Jennifer Finney Boylan ; with an afterword by Anna Quindlen
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
This is the author's memoir about gender and parenting, including incredible interviews discussing gender, how families are shaped, and the difficulties and wonders of being human. A father for ten years, a mother for eight, and for a time in between, neither, or both ("the parental version of the schnoodle, or the cockapoo"), she has seen parenthood from both sides of the gender divide. When her two children were young, she came out as transgender, and as she transitioned from a man to a woman and from a father to a mother, her family faced unique challenges and questions. In this memoir, she asks what it means to be a father, or a mother, and to what extent gender shades our experiences as parents. "It is my hope," she writes, "that having a father who became a woman in turn helped my sons become better men." Through both her own story and incredibly insightful interviews with others, including Richard Russo, Edward Albee, Ann Beattie, Augusten Burroughs, Susan Minot, Trey Ellis, Timothy Kreider, and more, she examines relationships with fathers and mothers, people's memories of the children they were and the parents they became, and the many different ways a family can be. Followed by an Afterword by Anna Quindlen that includes the author and her wife discussing the challenges they have faced and the love they share. This is a brilliant meditation on raising and on being a child
Biography type
autobiography
Cataloging source
TEFOD
http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
1958-
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Boylan, Jennifer Finney
Dewey number
818/.5403
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
LC call number
PS3552.O914
LC item number
Z478 2013e
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • dictionaries
  • bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Boylan, Jennifer Finney
  • Novelists, American
  • English teachers
  • Male-to-female transsexuals
  • Parents
  • Children
  • Gender identity
  • Families
  • Boylan, Jennifer Finney
  • Parenting
  • Children
  • English teachers
  • Families
  • Gender identity
  • Novelists, American
  • Parents
  • United States
Label
Stuck in the middle with you : a memoir of parenting in three genders, Jennifer Finney Boylan ; with an afterword by Anna Quindlen
Instantiates
Publication
Note
"Featuring conversations with Richard Russo, Trey Ellis, Augusten Burroughs, Edward Albee, Timothy Kreider, Ann Beattie, Susan Minot, and other parents and former children."
Antecedent source
unknown
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Daddy. Red card ; The plover's egg ; I'm awake, I'm awake ; Time out I: conversations with fathers & sons: Richard Russo, Ralph Savarese, Trey Ellis, Augusten Burroughs -- Maddy. That'll teach 'em a lesson ; The orphan girl ; The gryphon ; Time out II: conversations with waifs & angels: Edward Albee, Barbara Spiegel, Timothy Kreider -- Mommy. The jumble ; The muffle voice ; I'll give you something to cry about; In the hall of the mountain king ; Time out III: conversations with mothers & daughters: Christine McGinn, Ann Beattie, Veronica Gerhardf, Susan Minot -- Postlude: Anti-venom -- Afterword: Same monkeys, different barrel: a conversation with Jennifer and Deirdre Boylan by Anna Quindlen
Control code
841163788
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource
File format
unknown
Form of item
online
Isbn
9780307952844
Level of compression
unknown
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Other physical details
illustrations
http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
49a3249e-4887-4cb5-819c-9565780ba410
Quality assurance targets
not applicable
Reformatting quality
unknown
Sound
unknown sound
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)841163788
Label
Stuck in the middle with you : a memoir of parenting in three genders, Jennifer Finney Boylan ; with an afterword by Anna Quindlen
Publication
Note
"Featuring conversations with Richard Russo, Trey Ellis, Augusten Burroughs, Edward Albee, Timothy Kreider, Ann Beattie, Susan Minot, and other parents and former children."
Antecedent source
unknown
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Daddy. Red card ; The plover's egg ; I'm awake, I'm awake ; Time out I: conversations with fathers & sons: Richard Russo, Ralph Savarese, Trey Ellis, Augusten Burroughs -- Maddy. That'll teach 'em a lesson ; The orphan girl ; The gryphon ; Time out II: conversations with waifs & angels: Edward Albee, Barbara Spiegel, Timothy Kreider -- Mommy. The jumble ; The muffle voice ; I'll give you something to cry about; In the hall of the mountain king ; Time out III: conversations with mothers & daughters: Christine McGinn, Ann Beattie, Veronica Gerhardf, Susan Minot -- Postlude: Anti-venom -- Afterword: Same monkeys, different barrel: a conversation with Jennifer and Deirdre Boylan by Anna Quindlen
Control code
841163788
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource
File format
unknown
Form of item
online
Isbn
9780307952844
Level of compression
unknown
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Other physical details
illustrations
http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
49a3249e-4887-4cb5-819c-9565780ba410
Quality assurance targets
not applicable
Reformatting quality
unknown
Sound
unknown sound
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)841163788

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