{"product_id":"9780349144764-tales-from-the-fatherland","title":"Tales from the Fatherland","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTwo Dads, One Adoption and the Meaning of Parenthood\u003cbr\u003eA story of adoption, queer parenting and gender expectations around family roles.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Necessary and illuminating' \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A writer of genuine accomplishment' \u003ci\u003eGood Book Guide\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA story of adoption and queer parenting from the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Spring of Kasper Meier\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Other Hoffmann Sister \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eAn Honest Man\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eI'm calling because we have a little boy, four weeks old, who needs a family.'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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 \u003ci\u003eTales from the Fatherland\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTales from the Fatherland\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40737237434465,"sku":"9780349144764","price":9.42,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/products\/stand_10835073_jpg.jpg?v=1706879983","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780349144764-tales-from-the-fatherland","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}