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BIOGRAPHY--BEREN DEMOTIER Beren deMotier has written
for Curve,
And
Baby, Pride
Parenting, Greenlight.com,
ehow.com,
and more. She lives in a cozy liberal enclave of Media
Contact: Beren deMotier, 503-282-3483, 503-367-3159 deMotier@comcast.net. |
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THE
BRIDES OF MARCH: MEMOIR OF A SAME-SEX MARRIAGE A
Giddy Leap Through a Legal Window, Straight Onto the
Barbeque Pit of Public Debate The
Brides of March
drove mini-vans, paid taxes, bought braces and joined the PTA, never expecting
the phone call in March, 2004, that would send them leaping through the suddenly
opened window of same-sex marriage, with their kids along for raucous ride. The
Brides of March
is a bride’s eye view of same-sex marriage at a moment’s notice, with a bevy
of brides, their coterie of children, donuts, newspaper reporters, screaming
protesters, mothers of the brides who never thought they’d see the day, white
wedding cake, and a houseful of happy heterosexuals toasting the marriage! But
that was only the beginning as these private declarations of love became public
fodder, fueling social commentary, letters to the editor, and the fires of
political debate, when all The Brides of March wanted was the opportunity to
say, “I do,” in this candid, poignant and frequently funny tale of lesbian
moms getting to the church on time in Multnomah County. “The
Brides of March should be on everyone’s wedding gift
registry. This memoir warmly, wittily chronicles the everyday
details of “same-sex marriage” for an extraordinary political time.
It’s a gift.” — Kate Clinton, humorist "DeMotier
opens your eyes to the heart and soul of this generation’s civil
rights battle." "
… a beautifully-written, quirky look at the pros and cons of same-sex
marriage from the inside out, smart without being preachy, funny without
being bitter, emotional without being maudlin." — “…an
absolutely hilarious and sobering memoir about lesbian motherhood, the
quest for marriage, and the pitfalls of a legal system that doesn't know
how to classify and acknowledge same-sex relationships. This richly
woven memoir juxtaposes the author's own coming of age as a punk kid
(and seemingly voracious teenage harlot) with her life now, as a wife
and suburban mom with a SUV-full of precocious kids of her own. Brides
is a quirky, witty, engaging, and beautifully crafted tale of a
life lived. Every politician in |
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Available on Amazon.com, Powells.com, Barnes&Noble.com, iUniverse.com, TwoLives.com, and wholesale through Baker & Taylor, Ingram, and iUniverse. |
The Brides of March: Memoir of a Same-Sex Marriage Published
ISBN-13: 978-0595439874. $15.95,
paperback, 164 pages. |
