These days I have finished reading 'A family of two moms', its author (Pilar Rodríguez Guerrero) had sent it to me some time ago, and as I told her the other day, I had not yet found the moment.
But now, after reading a simple book, of course, tender and overflowing love in each of its pages; I want to introduce you. It was published last year and has recently been presented at the Madrid Book Fair.
I am interested in helping to spread it because I think it is worth acquiring the perspective that your pages give you, and because sometimes contradictory feelings emerge that give great value to reading (in fact experiencing diverse emotions is one of the reasons that people have to read). 'A family of two mothers' explains the story that Pilar and Almudena have lived since after 10 years living together, they decide to expand the family: first comes Ada, then Odei. And today that the oldest will be six years old and the youngest will form a united and happy family.
Although before they had to go through uncomfortable and even absurd situations. The obstetrician who has asked me on the pregnancy follow-up visit asked Pilar 'if I had not tried a male'; and I have been very angry at the hospital staff that threatened them when Almudena - who is also a mother even though she had not pregnant the baby - was trying to stimulate milk production by putting the newborn to the breast.
The book is the story of two women who love and decide to become mothers, reflects the pain of the negatives in the pregnancy test, and the joy of knowing that a new life is on its way. Talk about misunderstanding, but also about hope.
With the wedding involved, readers attend two different births and the same parenting style with the two little ones, because Pilar (training nurse) has been dedicating herself to her children, which has allowed her to gain time to expand her studies. She is also a writer, not only of her book, but of the blog 'Lesbian Moms and Baby'.
However, the balance is very positive, and this is what the writer knows in a sentence that tells the girl: 'If we are all equal it is a roll. The funny thing is that there is color, difference ... that each of us be unique ... '. Indeed, although we are still on the road to normalization, the more diverse a society becomes more perfect, because the possibilities of learning are expanded, and coexistence is richer.
And we are two moms, a baby and a baby. Simply a family
I recommend it, it is also a book for everyone: it is not a story but you can read some fragment to your children (it will help them understand diversity); Y of course a reading for many types of families, because it talks about pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, integration into school, love and more love.
If you want to buy it you will find it here, and this is the link of the blog dedicated exclusively to the book and all the events that are generated around it.
Thanks Pilar!
