{"product_id":"9780299290047-paternity-test","title":"The Paternity Test","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Novel\u003cbr\u003ePat Faunce is a faltering romantic, a former poetry major who now writes textbooks. A decade into his relationship with Stu, an airline pilot from a fraught Jewish family, he fears he's losing Stu to other men - and losing himself in their “no rules” arrangement. Yearning for a baby and a deeper commitment, he pressures Stu to move from to the cottage where Pat spent boyhood summers.\u003cbr\u003eHaving a baby to save a marriageit's the oldest of clichés. But what if the marriage at risk is a gay one, and having a baby involves a surrogate mother?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePat Faunce is a faltering romantic, a former poetry major who now writes textbooks. A decade into his relationship with Stu, an airline pilot from a fraught Jewish family, he fears he's losing Stu to other menand losing himself in their \"\"no rules\"\" arrangement. Yearning for a baby and a deeper commitment, he pressures Stu to move from Manhattan to Cape Cod, to the cottage where Pat spent boyhood summers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs they struggle to adjust to their new life, they enlist a surrogate: Debora, a charismatic Brazilian immigrant, married to Danny, an American carpenter. Gradually, Pat and Debora bond, drawn together by the logistics of getting pregnant and away from their spouses. Pat gets caught between loyaltiesto Stu and his family, to Debora, to his own potent desiresand wonders: is he fit to be a father?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn one of the first novels to explore the experience of gay men seeking a child through surrogacy, Michael Lowenthal writes passionately about marriages and mistakes, loyalty and betrayal, and about how our drive to create families can complicate the ones we already have. \u003cem\u003eThe Paternity Test\u003c\/em\u003e is a provocative look at the new \"\"family values.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55420610183542,"sku":"9780299290047","price":15.85,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_30252611.jpg?v=1742884247","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780299290047-paternity-test","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}