Kategoria BISAC: Family & Relationships >> Alternative Family

When a terrible accident left Roy blind at the age of 22, he didn't know what
his future would hold. Then he met Diane, who had been blind since birth.
Their experiences with blindness were different, but together they knew they
could overcome any obstacles that came their way.

Despite prejudice, mistreatment, and assumptions about their abilities, they
married, lived independently, and started a family.

Their story of love, perseverance, and family is told by their sighted daughter
who captures what real life was like in this family.

"A West Coast version of Augusten Burroughs's Running With Scissors...A funny, shocking, generous-hearted book" (Entertainment Weekly) about a boy, his five stepfathers, and the mother who was determined to give her son everything but the truth.

When he was three years old, Brando Kelly Ulloa was abandoned by his immigrant father. His mother, Maria, dreaming of a more exciting life, saw no reason for her son to live as a Mexican American just because he was...

This book tells the intimate history of a family of two men plus triplets that came together suddenly one day, and thrived for a year before being torn apart by groundless prejudice. San Francisco author Kevin Fisher-Paulson tells this riveting story with grace, dignity, and a surprisingly generous dose of humor.

A Song for Lost Angels takes the discussion of gay marriage to the next level, where the rights and struggles of gay parents and their kids can be openly recognized. This family history will make you laugh, cry, and sometimes sputter with outrage, even as it redefines what...

Christy Olorunfemi was a child of polygamy; her father had four wives. Her book addresses a critical public health problem in Nigeria, where it is a culturally acceptable show of power and wealth for men to have multiple wives and engage in sexual relations with more than one woman. Research has revealed that high-risk sexual behaviors such as polygamy facilitate the spread of HIV/AIDS. As recently as 2006, only 10 percent of HIV-infected men and women were receiving antiretroviral therapy.

In an effort to understand the role that polygamy plays in the spread of HIV/AIDS, the author...