Summer Reading

She Looks Just Like You made AfterEllen’s summer reading list, along with some other great reads.

Goodkin Reviews She Looks Just Like You

The very cool website, goodkin, which covers “family living, modern style,” ran a great review of She Looks Just Like You. The reviewer writes:

Besides being a great resource for lesbian mothers, I recommend this book to anyone who is considering becoming a parent (male or female). It will give them some idea of what is in store. For those already parents, it is a sometimes stressful, but worthwhile sentimental journey back through pregnancy, birth, and that first uncertain year. This book should also speak well to dads and stay at home dads. Male partners may relate to and appreciate the perspective of a woman on the outside of her partner’s pregnancy. It is an all around, well written unique story. We need more books like this to open up our perspectives on parenting and the new diverse families that are becoming more common in our modern society.

Book Signing in Dallas

This Sunday (July 11), I’ll be signing copies of She Looks Just Like You at the Cathedral of Hope, a predominantly GLBT congregation of the United Church of Christ, in Dallas, Texas. The Cathedral is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year which is an awesome achievement.

Readings in San Francisco

I’ll be in the Bay Area this next week for three public readings of She Looks Just Like You:

Books, Inc.
2275 Market Street
San Francisco
Tuesday, June 15 at 7:30 p.m.

Laurel Bookstore
4100 MacArthur Boulevard
Oakland
Wednesday, June 16 at 7:00 p.m.

Youth Radio
1701 Broadway
Oakland
Friday, June 18 at 7:00 p.m.

Hope to see you there!

EDGE reviews She Looks Just Like You

Good review of She Looks Just Like You in EDGE, a national online network of GLBT news and entertainment media.

“This book is truly a must read for any parent or anyone thinking of becoming one.”

Article in Seattle Woman

Seattle Woman published a great article about She Looks Just Like You and lesbian-headed families: “A Genderbending Look at Motherhood,” by Mary Lockman.

Picked up by The Daily Dish

My interview with Salon was picked up by Andrew Sullivan’s blog, The Daily Dish, which was a very cool Sunday morning surprise.

ForeWord Reviews on She Looks Just Like You

ForeWord Reviews, which covers independently published books, gave a strong review to She Looks Just Like You.

She Looks Just Like You, Amie Klempnauer Miller’s memoir detailing the birth and early years of her daughter, Hannah, contains many expected travails from a new mother’s world. Miller writes of a complicated birth, hours of birthing classes, deciding to be a stay-at-home mother, and managing a cranky infant—yet, unlike many new mothers, Miller is Hannah’s nonbiological mother. Miller’s partner, Jane, is the birth mother. As lesbian parents, Miller and Jane confront legal and biological decisions that heterosexual parents rarely, if ever, encounter, like second-parent adoption and sperm donation. The memoir chronicles Miller’s experiences through these and other new-mother milestones with a smart, intimate take on the lessons learned along the way.

Reading in Austin - May 19, 2010

I’m in Austin, Texas now where I’m spending a couple of days thinking Texas-sized thoughts at the annual PBS conference. Tomorrow night at 7:00 p.m., I’ll be reading from She Looks Just Like You at BookWoman. Hope to see you there!

Event details:
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
7:00 p.m.
BookWoman
5501 North Lamar
Austin, TX 78751
(512) 472-2785

Inside the gay baby boom: Salon covers She Looks Just Like You

Yesterday, Salon ran a great cover story about She Looks Just Like You and the growing number of GLBT parents. Writer Thomas Rogers interviewed me about the “new cultural moment” that is bringing GLBT parents and their kids to mainstream attention.