An American Family

Nonfiction, Family & Relationships, Adoption, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Gender Studies, Gay Studies
Cover of the book An American Family by Michael Galluccio, Jon Galluccio, David Groff, St. Martin's Press
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Author: Michael Galluccio, Jon Galluccio, David Groff ISBN: 9781466865495
Publisher: St. Martin's Press Publication: March 4, 2014
Imprint: St. Martin's Press Language: English
Author: Michael Galluccio, Jon Galluccio, David Groff
ISBN: 9781466865495
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Publication: March 4, 2014
Imprint: St. Martin's Press
Language: English

What makes a family?
Love makes a family.

An American Family is the story of Jon and Michael Galluccio, two gay men who become foster parents to Adam, a premature baby, born with the AIDS virus and addicted to crack, heroin, marijuana, and alcohol. While nursing Adam through the many medical emergencies of his first year and surviving the daily dramas that all new parents go through, they realize that this child, their son, could be taken back from them at any time by the state, and they decide to try to legally adopt him together. Refused by the state-even as it asks them to care for another at-risk infant-they decide to fight for the adoption of their son in the courts, and win, setting a precedent for all unmarried couples in New Jersey. This book is dramatic proof that the American family is vibrantly alive and extending itself in remarkable new directions.

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What makes a family?
Love makes a family.

An American Family is the story of Jon and Michael Galluccio, two gay men who become foster parents to Adam, a premature baby, born with the AIDS virus and addicted to crack, heroin, marijuana, and alcohol. While nursing Adam through the many medical emergencies of his first year and surviving the daily dramas that all new parents go through, they realize that this child, their son, could be taken back from them at any time by the state, and they decide to try to legally adopt him together. Refused by the state-even as it asks them to care for another at-risk infant-they decide to fight for the adoption of their son in the courts, and win, setting a precedent for all unmarried couples in New Jersey. This book is dramatic proof that the American family is vibrantly alive and extending itself in remarkable new directions.

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