Fort Morgan Public Library

Grandparents have changed! The stereotype of the fragile, white haired retiree has been shattered. Todays grandparents are active and involved, in everything from careers to fitness to dating. Along with these changes, they are facing other challenges, providing day care for a grandchild, furnishing temporary shelter for and adult child and grandchild, or even taking on the role of mom or dad for a grandchild. Whatever the unique situation, Jim Fay...

"Tell Me More is a funny, wise and insightful exploration of seven sentences adult life requires. With Kelly's signature candor and good will, each chapter draws from her sometimes ridiculous, sometimes profound struggles with parenting and marriage, career and friendship, illness, aging and mortality. Each chapter is animated by poignant, hilarious stories from Kelly's own life and is focused on one of seven sentences: Onward, a one-word sentence...

Being a parent isn't always easy. Kids don't come with operating instructions, and it's a simple fact that some kids are easier to raise than others. This classic confidence-builder for parents is designed to help bring the joy parenthood was intended to bring.

"When Richie Jackson's son born through surrogacy comes out to him at the age of 18, Richie - now in his 50s, a successful producer and happily married - feels compelled to write him a letter. Gay Like Me is both a celebration of gay identity and a sorrowful warning. Jackson talks of his own progress and growth as a gay man coming of age through decades of political and cultural change. We've come a long way, he argues: discrimination is now outlawed...

"From the bestselling author of ALL YOU CAN EVER KNOW comes a searing memoir of class, inequality, and grief-a daughter's search to understand the lives her adoptive parents led, the life she forged as an adult, and the lives she's lost. In this country, unless you attain extraordinary wealth, you will likely be unable to help your loved ones in all the ways you'd hoped. You will learn to live with the specific, hollow guilt of those who leave hardship...

"A darkly funny and devastating memoir of growing up in '90s Manhattan with a mentally ill single parent"--

Through the voices of lesbian and gay parents and their children talking about their experiences, Martin shows how to build the kind of support network that all parents need.