Kristen  Henderson,Sarah Kate Ellis
TO EVERY GOOD LOVE STORY, THERE IS A TWIST. ,Times Two ,is about two women meeting, falling madly in love, and realizing that they are so crazy about each other that they want to have a family together. The fact that they both get pregnant at the exact same time is where things start to get interesting. ,Sarah Kate Ellis, a high-powered magazine executive, and Kristen Henderson, a laid-back rock star, decide itâ€™s time to start their family. After determining that Sarah should get pregnant first while Kristen works on her bandâ€™s new CD, they head to a fertility doctor to start the process. But after months of drug treatments, miscarriages, and heartbreak, Kristen decides to start trying, too. Thatâ€™s when the utterly improbable happens: Sarah and Kristen find out that they are both pregnantâ€”and are due three days apart. ,Overjoyed by the news that they are both expecting, Sarah and Kristen are also overwhelmed by all that lies ahead. Both have successful, demanding careers. Both have large, close-knit families nearby, including two strongly opinionated mothers who immediately want to be involved with ,everything,. And both are completely clueless about the challenges theyâ€™re about to face. They soon realize that none of their previous accomplishments has prepared them for the highs and lows of impending motherhood: not Kristenâ€™s stint touring with The Rolling Stones, nor Sarahâ€™s march up the corporate ladder in the world of womenâ€™s magazines. ,They go through everything first-time parents-to-be experienceâ€”but twice over. Theyâ€™re producing double the hormones, double the morning sickness, double the cravings, and have double the ups and downs. From the start, Sarah and Kristen think of their babies as twins, each woman carrying half of a set. But for two women whoâ€™ve always finished each otherâ€™s sentences, they suddenly find themselves on opposite ends of the mothers-to-be spectrum, with different opinions on almost everything. One wants a drug-free birth, while the other wants an epidural at the first sign of a contraction. One is dying to know the babyâ€™s gender, but the other refuses to find out until she hears the babyâ€™s first cry in the delivery room. The difficulties of having two pregnant women under the same roof are multiplied by the legal and social obstacles of being a gay couple. Told from Kristen and Sarahâ€™s insightful and hilarious she said/she said perspective, this touching, modern family adventure will entertain, enlighten, and resonate with readers of all stripes.
Nonfiction,Autobiography,Memoir,LGBT,LGBT,Lesbian,Parenting
Times Two