Choosing family: a memoir of queer motherhood and Black resistance

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A professor of English literature presents a memoir of family, identity, and acceptance that examines the messiness and complexity of adoption and parenthood from a black, queer, and feminist perspective.
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Lesbian mothers -- United States -- Biography
Racially mixed families -- United States -- Biography
Royster, Francesca T
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