Choosing Family : A Memoir of Queer Motherhood and Black Resistance NA Mars is propelled to learn

Mars is propelled to learn all he can about his once-inseparable sister who'd grown tragically distant

“Among the Trees

Their worlds are sun-and-moon apart

and no one can stop it

Choosing Family : A Memoir of Queer Motherhood and Black Resistance NA Mars is propelled to learnBy Francesca T. Royster A brilliant literary memoir of chosen family and chosen heritage, told against the backdrop of Chicagos North and South Sides As a multiracial household in Chicagos North Side community of Rogers Park, race is at the core of Francesca T. Royster and her family's world, influencing everyday acts of parenting and the conception of what family truly means. Like Maggie Nelsons The Argonauts, this lyrical and affecting memoir