Tales from the Fatherland: Two Dads, One Adoption and the Meaning of Parenthood

Description: Tales from the Fatherland by Ben Fergusson A story of adoption, queer parenting and gender expectations around family roles. FORMAT Hardcover CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description A pause. Ah, Herr Fergusson. Its Frau Schwenk. Our social worker, I now understood. Thank you for getting back to me. Im calling because we have a little boy, four weeks old, who needs a family.In 2018, after the introduction of marriage equality in Germany, Ben Fergusson and his German husband Tom became one of the first same-sex married couples to adopt in the country. In Tales from the Fatherland Fergusson reflects on his long journey to fatherhood and the social changes that enabled it. He uses his outsider status as both a gay father and a parent adopting in a foreign country to explore the history and sociology of fatherhood and motherhood around the world, queer parenting and adoption and, ultimately, the meaning of family and love. Tales from the Fatherland makes an impassioned case for the value of diversity in family life, arguing that diverse families are good for all families and that misogyny lies at the heart of many of the struggles of straight and queer families alike. Flap A pause. Ah, Herr Fergusson. Its Frau Schwenk. Our social worker, I now understood. Thank you for getting back to me. Im calling because we have a little boy, four weeks old, who needs a family. Author Biography Ben Fergussons debut novel, The Spring of Kasper Meier, was awarded the Betty Trask Prize and the HWA Debut Crown, and was shortlisted for the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award. The Other Hoffmann Sister and An Honest Man complete a trilogy of novels set in the same apartment block in Berlin at key moments in the citys twentieth-century history. His short fiction has been published in journals internationally and in 2020 he won the Sean OFaolain International Short Story Prize. He also translates from German, winning a 2020 Stephen Spender Prize for poetry in translation. Ben lives in Berlin with his husband and son. Review Necessary and illuminating...he is a fine comic writer * Times Literary Supplment * Long Description A pause. Ah, Herr Fergusson. Its Frau Schwenk. Our social worker, I now understood. Thank you for getting back to me. Im calling because we have a little boy, four weeks old, who needs a family. In 2018, after the introduction of marriage equality in Germany, Ben Fergusson and his German husband Tom became one of the first same-sex married couples to adopt in the country. In Tales from the Fatherland Fergusson reflects on his long journey to fatherhood and the social changes that enabled it. He uses his outsider status as both a gay father and a parent adopting in a foreign country to explore the history and sociology of fatherhood and motherhood around the world, queer parenting and adoption and, ultimately, the meaning of family and love. Tales from the Fatherland makes an impassioned case for the value of diversity in family life, arguing that diverse families are good for all families and that misogyny lies at the heart of many of the struggles of straight and queer families alike. Promotional "Headline" A story of adoption, queer parenting and gender expectations around family roles. Details ISBN1408714299 Author Ben Fergusson Publisher Little, Brown Book Group Year 2022 ISBN-10 1408714299 ISBN-13 9781408714294 Format Hardcover Publication Date 2022-07-07 UK Release Date 2022-07-07 Imprint Little, Brown Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Pages 256 Subtitle Two Dads, One Adoption and the Meaning of Parenthood DEWEY 362.734092 Audience General NZ Release Date 2022-11-06 AU Release Date 2022-11-06 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:135545974;

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