Award-winning author Carla Sameth leverages her unique identity-a Jewish queer single mother of a biracial (Black and Jewish) son--to build a memoir in linked essays that is brave, heartwarming, incisive, and riveting. Her overarching dream of being a good mother and creating a perfect family takes her on adventures and misadventures that challenge her convictions as she navigates a life defined by circumstance and choices she can't always control...