The Commitment: Love, Sex, Marriage, and My Family
Dan Savage's mother wants him to get married. His boyfriend, Terry, says “no thanks” because he doesn't want to act like a straight person. Their six-year-old son DJ says his two dads aren't “allowed” to get married, but that he'd like to come to the reception and eat cake. Throw into the mix Dan's straight siblings, whose varied choices form a microcosm of how Americans are approaching marriage these days, and you get a rollicking family memoir that will have everyone—gay or straight, right or left, single or married—howling with laughter and rethinking their notions of marriage and all it entails. BACKCOVER: “Hilarious, heartfelt.”
—Seattle Post-Intelligencer
“As funny as David Sedaris's essay collections, but bawdier and more thought-provoking.”
—Publisher's Weekly (starred review)
“Most of all, a book about creating and appreciating family.”
—Seattle Times
“I think America would be a better place if everyone on every side of the gay marriage debate would read this book.”
—Ira Glass, host of the public radio show This American Life
“The strongest argument here, which [Savage] brilliantly plays down, is that family means everything to these people: married, not married, blended, gay, straight, whatever.”
—The Washington Post
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| From: Amazon Posted: Feb 08, 2008 Type: User Review |
Most fun reading in a long time!
I found myself laughing throughout the book. Very snappy writing and a story that I could identify with within my own relationship. The story echos today's society and the struggle (conflict) that a lot of relationships go through whether gay or...
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| From: Amazon Posted: May 25, 2007 Type: User Review |
The Commitment: Yes, No, Maybe, Well, I Don't Know...
This one I liked; it was fun reading about D.J. and good to see he has done so well with his Dads. The issues with his mom made my heart ache, and I wondered how that would progress over time. But the theme of the book - commitment - made my head...
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| From: Amazon Posted: May 10, 2007 Type: User Review |
Same-Sex Marriage
Take a closer look at the issue of same-sex marriage with this examination and criticism of both sides of the debate.
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| From: Amazon Posted: May 09, 2007 Type: User Review |
A Good Read
An excellent sequel to Savage's The Kid. Funny, heartwarming, and thought-provoking all at the same time.
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| From: Amazon Posted: Mar 31, 2007 Type: User Review |
Funny, intelligent personal memoir and comment on Gay Marriage
One of the things I liked best about this book was that Dan Savage didn't just destroy the arguments against gay marriage, but he also correctly criticized many of the popular arguments in favor of gay marriage for succumbing to the same...
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