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"When advice columnist Dan Savage and his boyfriend decided to try to adopt a child in the late 1990s, the results were fascinating and hilarious. Based in Seattle, they went to Portland because Oregon is one of only a handful of states that has fairly relaxed open adoption policies. The author talks about the paperwork, the introductory seminars where everyone else seemed to be not only straight but fairly religious, the emotional rollercoaster of getting the word that a child might be available, a Fetal Alcohol Syndrome panic, and many other hitches on the road to an adoption. "
David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Political/social rights fight
Yes
Plotlet:
- fighting discrim. (other than racial/gender)
Taboo Sex Story?
Yes
Kind of sex:
- gay guy
Period of greatest activity?
- 1950+
Subject of Biography
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- journalist
Age:
- 20's-30's
Ethnicity
- White
Nationality
- American (!)
How sensitive is this person?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other people
Physique
- average physique
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 3 ()
United States
Yes
The US:
- Pacific NW
City?
Yes
Century:
- 1980's-Present
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Book makes you feel?
- encouraged
Is book humorous?
Yes
If humorous, kind of humor
- Dry-cynical
- sarcastic/sardonic
- gentle
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- male homosexuals doing their thing
- impregnation/reproduction
Lot of foul language?
Yes
Commentary on society?
Yes
Commentary on
- love/sex
- decency
- religion
Writer's slant towards subject:
- favorable
Story of entire life, or part?
- story of set of events during life
Autobiography?
Yes
Pictures/Illustrations?
- None
How much dialogue in bio?
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
How much is philosophy rather than life story?
- 0-25% of book
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