Dan Savage's nationally syndicated sex advice column,
"Savage Love," enrages and excites more than four million
people each week. In The Kid, Savage tells a
no-holds-barred, high-energy story of an ordinary American
couple who wants to have a baby. Except that in this case
the couple happens to be Dan and his boyfriend. That fact,
in the face of a society enormously uneasy with gay
adoption, makes for an edgy, entertaining, and illuminating
read. When Dan and his boyfriend are finally presented with
an infant badly in need of parenting, they find themselves
caught up in a drama that extends well beyond the confines
of their immediate world. A story about confronting
homophobia, falling in love, getting older, and getting a
little bit smarter, The Kid is a book about the very human
desire to have a family.