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<p>Parenting/Women's Studies <P> A lively meditation on creating a multiracial family. <P> In 1997, Becky Thompson began parenting nine-year-old Adrian at the request of his mother, and her life changed forever. Mothering without a Compass is the moving story of her first year as the white lesbian "sudden-mother" of an African American boy. From the everyday yet sometimes overwhelming tasks of finding Adrian a school and debating the significance of action figures, to unexpected discussions about who pays whom at the sperm bank, to the more complicated matters of racism, sexuality, nontraditional families, open adoption, love, and loss, Thompson gives us an absorbing and often humorous account of her attempt at antiracist, multicultural parenting. <P> Mothering without a Compass highlights a range of issues and experiences: Thompson's desire to be a good mother while holding on to her sense of self; her growing, detailed knowledge of the ways in which racism affects people's feelings about themselves and the world around them; her increasing appreciation of the inner life of a child; her realization that mothering forces her to confront her own vulnerabilities and past losses. The

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Author

Becky W. Thompson

Publisher

Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press

Published

2000

Language

EN

ISBN

9780816636358

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Family & Relationships, Science, Sociology

Rating

4.07 / 5 (14 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14