Overview
Shortlisted for the 2015 Dartmouth Book Award for Non-fiction In Memory of Robbie Robertson Girl meets girl. Girl marries girl. They want to have babies…but they need a little help. Double Pregnant is author Natalie Meisner’s light-hearted, poignant and informative true story about starting a family with her wife Viviën. Because Viviën is a woman of colour who was adopted into a white family, the couple wants their children to have a connection to their donor and decide against taking the anonymous, sperm clinic route. But they realize they are going to need some help. Taking matters into their own hands leads the couple to a series of often-hilarious “dates” with potential donors, all of whom have wildly different opinions on how the donation process should go, and how Natalie and Viviën should proceed as a new family.
Full Product Details
Author: Natalie Meisner
Publisher: Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd
Imprint: Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd
Dimensions:
Width: 2.20cm
, Height: 0.10cm
, Length: 1.40cm
Weight: 0.510kg
ISBN: 9781552666012
ISBN 10: 1552666018
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 31 March 2014
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Out of stock
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Reviews
"""This book is so full of life and love, of effort and desire and the determination of two extraordinary women devoted to each other and to having a family."" - Chapelle Jaffe, Canadian actor ""What an accomplishment, to have written a page turner on a subject like this that is both moving and very funny."" - Inge Fraters, Editor-in-Chief, KJIK Magazine & Know How Sonoma Publishing ""A passionate and engaging account of a lesbian couple's struggle to have a family. The book is not about sexuality or gender identity; it's about love."" - Beth Everest, writer, professor and editor"
This book is so full of life and love, of effort and desire and the determination of two extraordinary women devoted to each other and to having a family. - Chapelle Jaffe, Canadian actor What an accomplishment, to have written a page turner on a subject like this that is both moving and very funny. - Inge Fraters, Editor-in-Chief, KJIK Magazine & Know How Sonoma Publishing A passionate and engaging account of a lesbian couple's struggle to have a family. The book is not about sexuality or gender identity; it's about love. - Beth Everest, writer, professor and editor
Author Information
Natalie Meisner is a wife and the mother of two great boys and divides her time between Lockeport, Nova Scotia, Den Haag, Holland, and Calgary, Alberta. She is an Associate Professor in the Department of English at Mount Royal University where she teaches creative writing and drama.
