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

Author: Dan Savage

Narrator: Richard Powers

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 Savage—outspoken author of the column Savage Love—makes it personal.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, D.J., 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.

About Richard Powers

Richard Powers has published thirteen novels. He is a MacArthur Fellow and received the National Book Award. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for The Overstory, and Bewilderment was shortlisted for the Booker Prize.

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

Quotes

“The strongest argument here, which [Savage] brilliantly plays down, is that family means everything to these people: married, not married, blended, gay, straight, whatever.” Washington Post

“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

“As funny as David Sedaris’ essay collections, but bawdier and more thought provoking, this timely book shows that being pro-family doesn’t have to mean being antigay.” Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“Energetically ambivalent memoir of a gay wedding as a family milestone. Despite his arguments to the contrary, Savage takes a resigned pleasure making an honest family man of himself.” Kirkus Reviews

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