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Raising My Rainbow
- Adventures in Raising a Fabulous, Gender Creative Son
- Narrated by: Lori Duron
- Length: 6 hrs and 10 mins
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Summary
Raising My Rainbow is Lori Duron’s frank, heartfelt, and brutally funny account of her and her family's adventures of distress and happiness raising a gender-creative son. Whereas her older son, Chase, is a Lego-loving, sports-playing boy's boy, her younger son, C.J., would much rather twirl around in a pink sparkly tutu, with a Disney Princess in each hand while singing Lady Gaga's "Paparazzi".
C.J. is gender variant or gender nonconforming, whichever you prefer. Whatever the term, Lori has a boy who likes girl stuff - really likes girl stuff. He floats on the gender-variation spectrum from super-macho-masculine on the left all the way to super-girly-feminine on the right. He's not all pink and not all blue. He's a muddled mess or a rainbow creation. Lori and her family choose to see the rainbow.
Written in Lori's uniquely witty and warm voice and launched by her incredibly popular blog of the same name, Raising My Rainbow is the unforgettable story of her wonderful family as they navigate the often challenging but never dull privilege of raising a slightly effeminate, possibly gay, totally fabulous son.
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- Irati
- 12-08-19
Engaging, enjoyable and thought-provoking
Whether you have a gender creative child in your family, were one yourself, or just heard this term for the first time, this book will make an enjoyable and thought provoking listen. The stories of this family range from emotional to hilarious, and most of them stir questions about our society, the -often nonsensical- boundaries it sets, and the way children are exposed to them. Lori, the author an narrator, makes listening to it feel like listening to a friend telling you about their family life. The anecdotes are structured enough to give a you a proper sense of the first years of C.J.'s life. Recommended for readers of the blog and people new to this story alike.
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- Kyleh55y
- 01-10-19
An excellent inspirational story
whether you are LGBTQ or an ally, you will find this book truly inspiring. Anyone raising a gender non conforming child should definitely read this book.
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