Publishers Weekly
By Dawn • Nov 8th, 2008 • Category: Press & Reviews
Publishers Weekly reviews One Big Happy Family calling it a collection of “plainspoken, cage-rattling essays” and “fresh, diverse views [representing] an authentic, valuable new reality.”
The reviewer called out Jenny Block’s essay about polyamory; Dan Savage and Dawn Friedman’s pieces about open adoption; Antonio Caya essay about choosing to be a donor not a daddy; Z. Z. Packer’s discussion of multi-race kids; and Susan McKinney Ortega essay about her decision to raise her children in Mexico with their Mexican dad.
You can download the pdf file here to read the whole review.
Dawn is Dawn's work appears in national publications including Yoga Journal, Parenting, Utne, Wondertime, Brain Child, Adoptive Families, Salon and Bitch: A Feminist Response to Pop Culture. Currently she is working on a book about her daughter's open adoption and is seeking representation for the proposal.
Dawn has been blogging at this woman's work since 2001. Her blog has been featured in Time Magazine, the Washington Times, About.com's Parenting section, About.com's Adoption section, and the Adoptive Families magazine web site. She also blogs for Anti-Racist Parent and manages Open Adoption Support.
Dawn lives in Columbus Ohio with her two kids.
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[...] today. I love to mess with web sites so I’ve been happy all day today. First I added the Publishers Weekly review to the One Big Happy Family book site (not a substantative review but my essay got called out!) and [...]
Hey Dawn, COngratulations on being mentioned in PW. Me too! I´m thrilled. I look forward to reading your essay and to the book coming out.
Sue
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