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Different daughters : a book by mothers of lesbians / edited by Louise Rafkin.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Rafkin, Louise, 1958- editor.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Lesbians--Family relationships--United States--Case studies.
Lesbians.
Mothers and daughters--United States--Case studies.
Mothers and daughters.
Parents of gay people--United States--Case studies.
Parents of gay people.
Genre:
Essays.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (169 pages)
Edition:
Third edition, revised and expanded.
Place of Publication:
San Francisco, CA : Cleis Press, 2001.
Language Note:
In English.
System Details:
data file
Summary:
A 170-page book titled 'Different Daughters - A Book by Mothers of Lesbians' and edited by Louise Rafkin contains essays by women about their experiences with their gay daughters. The cover includes a painting of a middle-aged woman in a yellow sweater and a spreading, floral skirt, holding a cup in both hands.
Contents:
A merry-g-round / Fran Harris
From a trunk to a soapbox : an update / Fran "Harris" Salen
A place at the table / Mary Dugan
Choices and surprises / Leticia Wiley
From hermit crabs to hampsters / Hazel Brickman
A tradition of strength / Doris Thompson
Movement and change / Lois Young-Tulin
After the initial shock / Rhoda Rafkin
After Different daughters : an update
and again! / Rhoda and Ruth
"Bi" understanding / Marsha Buck
The silt of a river / Jane Allen
Our separate lives / Ginger and Katheryn
Of prejudice and acceptance / Maria Garcia
The odd man out / Deborah
Yom Kippur / Ann "Landau" Dawson
No magic wand / Jane Ferguson
A very public statement / Rheba Fontenot
Ways of knowing and not knowing / Pauline Johnson
A fashion crisis / Alice Wong
Another kind of different / Raquel J.
A second chance / Darlene Palmer
Towards a bright future / Laura
"Winnetka matron testifies for gay rights" / Dorothy A. Tollifson
Like daughter, like mother / Jean Cameron
A two-way street / Grace
Here, and there / Juanita Rios
"Girlfriends!" / Erin Findlay
Taming the devils within / Diane Rae
Finding my way through the woods / Margaret Smith
Purple balloons on Market Street / Constance Shepard Jolly
Let's talk about ... lesbian sexuality?! / Lee Price
A sister's story / Sue Fingerhut.
Notes:
Title from resource description page (viewed May 27, 2016).
OCLC:
959235512

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