The Commitment, Dan Savage
The Commitment, Dan Savage
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The Commitment
Love, Sex, Marriage, and My Family

Author: Dan Savage

Narrator: Paul Michael Garcia

Unabridged: 9 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/10/2011

Synopsis

In a time when much of the country sees red whenever the subject of gay marriage comes up, Dan Savageoutspoken author of the column Savage Lovemakes it personal. Dan Savages mother wants him to get married. His boyfriend, Terry, says no thanks because he doesnt want to act like a straight person. Their sixyearold son, D.J., says his two dads arent allowed to get married but that hed like to come to the reception and eat cake. Throw into the mix Dans 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 everyonegay or straight, right or left, single or marriedhowling with laughter and rethinking their notions of marriage and all it entails.

About Dan Savage

Dan Savage's column, "Savage Love," is a nationally syndicated sex-advice column read by more than four million people each week. He has written the column for eight years, and it runs in 26 newspapers in the United States and Canada. He also writes "Dear Dan," an online advice column for ABCNews.com. Savage is the associate editor of The Stranger in Seattle and a regular contributor to This American Life on NPR and is the author of Savage Love (Plume), a collection of his advice columns. He lives in Seattle, Washington.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Johnny on August 28, 2008

Oh man this one was good too! In this book, Dan Savage devotes a lot more time to research on his subject than he did in The Kid, which was more more a personal narrative than this one. This one is still a memoir, telling the tale of the gay marriage issue in his relationship, but I loved how he act......more

Goodreads review by Adrianne on September 29, 2008

If you, like me, are wondering what the heck the deal is with marriage and "traditional values" and staying together forever and how politics, love and law intertwine: well then, this book is probably for you. Part memoir, part politics, Dan Savage is his usual fun and hilarious self in this book. H......more

Goodreads review by Tamara on January 29, 2012

Let's talk about tone for a minute: All stories written with an agenda, whether you agree with the agenda or not, tend to sound forced and opinionated and in-your-face. That would probably be my main criticism of this book. When you've had to spend your whole life defending your choices to others, y......more

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