Mommy man : how I went from mild-mannered geek to gay superdad / Jerry Mahoney.

  • Mahoney, Jerry, 1971-
Date:
2014
  • Books

About this work

Also known as

How I went from mild-mannered geek to gay superdad

Description

"As a teenager growing up in the 1980s, all Jerry Mahoney wanted was a nice, normal sham marriage: 2.5 kids and a frustrated, dissatisfied wife living in denial of her husband's sexuality. It seemed much more attainable and fulfilling than the alternative--coming out of the closet and making peace with the fact that he'd never have a family at all. Twenty years later, Jerry is living with his long-term boyfriend, Drew, and they're ready to take the plunge into parenthood. But how? Adoption? Foster parenting? Kidnapping? What they want most of all is a great story to tell their future kid about where he or she came from. Their search leads them to gestational surrogacy, a road less traveled where they'll be borrowing a stranger's ladyparts for nine months. Thus begins Jerry and Drew's hilarious and unexpected journey to daddyhood. With honesty, emotion, and laugh-out-loud humor, Jerry Mahoney ponders what it means to become a Mommy Man--and discovers that the answer is as varied and beautiful as the concept of family itself."--Jacket.

Publication/Creation

Lanham, Maryland : Taylor Trade Publishing, 2014.

Physical description

x, 279 pages ; 24 cm

Contents

Prologue -- Before it gets better -- The island of misfit gays -- Our daughter, fu-ling -- Can we borrow your ladyparts for nine months? -- Um, sperm -- The womb of steel -- The wounded bird -- How we met your M-word -- More than an aunt, less than a mom -- What's-her-womb -- Into their bodies, out of our hands -- Breeders -- Filthy fucking piece of shit cock faces -- Susie and the beast -- The 10 excruciatingly long days of Christmas -- IPs in the closet -- The sad happy face -- A family outing -- Bye bye, bubble -- The wedding we'd never had -- Tiffany's replacement -- 4th of July with the family -- One last peaceful sleep -- Pioneers again -- Another coming out story -- Heart-stopping -- The lottery -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments.

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    History of Medicine
    TPH /MAH
    Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9781589799226
  • 1589799224