![]() ![]() Kids know that the people in their family are the people who love them and take care of them. I know that you wrote it just for me.” A kid with a mom and dad said, “How come I can’t have two moms? That’s not fair!” Babies don’t come into the world with a preconceived notion of what makes a family. A kid with two moms said, “Thank you for writing Heather Has Two Mommies. They stole the book from libraries, or returned it with its pages glued shut. They were downright hostile, calling me all sorts of names. Some other people were less-than-thrilled. We sent out fund-raising letters and raised enough money for a print run of 4,000 copies. ![]() Somebody should write one.” And I knew by “somebody” she meant me! When the book was first published in 1989, how was it received?Ī friend who was a lesbian mom of a one-year-old at the time (not the same mother mentioned above) and I co-published the book on our own because no one would touch it. ![]() What inspired you to write Heather Has Two Mommies?Ī lesbian mom whom I knew stopped me on the street and said, “I don’t have a book to read to my daughter that shows a family like ours. ![]()
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