Operation Marriage

Cynthia Chin-Lee

Description

Eight-year-old Alex has a fight with her best friend, Zach, who says he can no longer be her friend. Why? Because “her parents aren’t married.” Set in the San Francisco Bay Area months before the passage of Proposition 8 banning gay marriage in California, this picture book looks at the heartwarming and humorous actions of Alex and her younger brother, Nicky, to convince their parents to get married.

Though content with a commitment ceremony years earlier, the children’s stubbornness prevails and the moms get legally married before Prop. 8 takes effect. Their love as a family is contagious as their neighbors begin to accept them for what they are: a normal, affectionate family.

Based on a true story, Cynthia Chin-Lee (author of Amelia to Zora) has written a splendid and touching story about a real family, and the real implications of the struggle for equality, with beautiful and captivating illustrations by Lea Lyon (Say Something).

Sujets

• Domestic partnership
• Same-sex marriage

Informations

• Publié par: PM Press
• Date de parution: 01 octobre 2011
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781604866254
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

Extrait

Operation Marriage © 2011 Cynthia Chin-Lee and Lea Lyon
This edition © 2011 Reach And Teach and PM Press
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be transmitted by any means without permission in writing from the publisher.
PM Press
PO Box 23912
Oakland, CA 94623
www.pmpress.org
ISBN: 978-1-60486-422-9
Library of Congress Control Number: 2011927966
Interior layout by JBHR