02401nam a2200373Ia 4500001001200000003000800012006001900020007001500039008004100054010001700095020001800112020002800130020003500158040002100193035002100214050002500235082001800260100002300278245011800301260005800419300001100477504005600488520087000544533015201414650005801566650005501624650005401679650006601733650003701799655002901836710001701865856012601882999001902008ebr10151297CaPaEBRm        u        cr cn|||||||||000501s2000    mnu     sb   s000 0 eng d  z   00009339   z9780816636358  z0816636354 (alk. paper)  z0816636362 (pbk. : alk. paper)  aCaPaEBRcCaPaEBR  a(OCoLC)23215984914aHQ75.53b.T48 2000eb04a306.874/32211 aThompson, Becky W.10aMothering without a compassh[electronic resource] :bwhite mother's love, Black son's courage /cBecky Thompson.  aMinneapolis :bUniversity of Minnesota Press,cc2000.  a167 p.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 167-[168]).1 a"In 1997, Becky Thompson began parenting nine-year-old Adrian at the request of his mother, changing both of their lives forever. Mothering without a Compass is the story of Thompson's first year as the white lesbian "sudden-mother" of an African American boy. From the everyday yet sometimes overwhelming tasks of finding Adrian a school and debating the significance of action figures, to unexpected discussions about who pays whom at the sperm bank and the more complicated matters of racism, sexuality, nontraditional families, open adoption, love, and loss, Thompson gives us an absorbing and often humorous account of her experience with antiracist, multicultural parenting." "Mothering without a Compass relates a lesbian parent's struggle to help her child grow up and describes the complexities facing children who have more than one family."--BOOK JACKET.  aElectronic reproduction.bPalo Alto, Calif. :cebrary,d2008.nAvailable via World Wide Web.nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 0aLesbian mothersxFamily relationshipszUnited States. 0aWomen, WhitexFamily relationshipszUnited States. 0aAfrican American young menxFamily relationships. 0aChildren of gay parentsxFamily relationshipszUnited States. 0aMothers and sonszUnited States. 7aElectronic books.2local2 aebrary, Inc.40uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10151297zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view  c192104d192104