Can a lesbian couple find Mr. Right? Helen and Paige really want a baby. Maybe even two. They've decided they want to use a sperm donor, but because of Paige's own upbringing as an adopted child they want the donor to at least be known to the child. This challenge makes the normally anonymous favour even harder and more intimate than they expected. And then there are the options for donors. Through the fast-paced "dating" of several candidates, all of whom come with their own warning labels, Helen and Paige's relationship is strained to a point where they must remember why they set out on this journey together in the first place.

Speed Dating for Sperm Donors

Literature & Fiction

Meisner, Natalie

Dramas & Plays

Playwrights Canada Press

Shortlisted for the 2015 Dartmouth Book Award for Non-fiction In Memory of Robbie Robertson Girl meets girl. Girl marries girl. They want to have babies…but they need a little help. Double Pregnant is author Natalie Meisner’s light-hearted, poignant and informative true story about starting a family with her wife Viviën. Because Viviën is a woman of colour who was adopted into a white family, the couple wants their children to have a connection to their donor and decide against taking the anonymous, sperm clinic route. But they realize they are going to need some help. Taking matters into their own hands leads the couple to a series of often-hilarious “dates” with potential donors, all of whom have wildly different opinions on how the donation process should go, and how Natalie and Viviën should proceed as a new family.

Double Pregnant: Two Lesbians Make a Family

Parenting & Relationships

Roseway Publishing

My Mummy, My Mama, My Brother, and Me

Nimbus Publishing

And these are the things we find by the sea  My mommy, my mama, my brother, and me.  With this gentle refrain, the debut picture book from celebrated author and playwright Natalie Meisner (Double Pregnant) reflects on her own two-mom, two-son family's early days growing up in Lockeport, Nova Scotia.  Living by the sea offers myriad charms for the two young brothers in this poetic ode to beachcombing. When the fog disappears, the path to the beach beckons, with all the treasures it leaves behind: lobster traps, buoys, fused glass, urchins, a note in a bottle. But best of all is all the neighbours they meet along the way. An unforgettable instant classic for families of all shapes and sizes. Featuring glorious watercolours by Mathilde Cinq-Mars, which capture the warmth and magic of time spent with family by the sea.

My Mommy, My Mama, My Brother, and Me: These Are the Things We Found By the Sea

Children's Books

Legislating Love: The Everett Klippert Story (Brave & Brilliant)

University of Calgary Press

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