The Kid

What Happened After My Boyfriend and I Decided to Go Get Pregnant

By: Dan Savage

Narrated by: Dan Savage

Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins

Publisher's summary

The syndicated sex-advice columnist of "Savage Love" tells a no-holds-barred story of an ordinary American couple who want to have a baby, except that in this case, the couple happens to be Savage and his boyfriend.

©2000 Dan Savage (P)2013 Penguin Audio

Glad I got it.

I was worried about this book being published in 1999 and I found it surprising how relevant it still is. His concerns, brainstorming it parallels me and my fiancé as we are talking about this now. We want kids some day. It was touching and above all it was really helpful. I listened to this after American Savage and it made for a better listen.

Great read

An interesting and honest report of a difficult subject! I am better fro having listened to Dan Savage's journey.

Funny and Fun

I love the sound of Dan Savage's voice; I've enjoyed listening to him since I went through the This American Life archives, so I love picking up the audible books that he narrates.

I delayed listening to The Kid because I wasn't certain how relevant it would seem today. Other than a few minor references that make it clear that this story wasn't written yesterday (mostly references to where LGBT rights are, or how living in Seattle was then) this story is deeply touching. It's about trying to make a family, how people relate to each other and define their roles, and of course, Dan Savage being himself. A very sweet, funny, and touching story. Highly recommended!

Adoption Protocol

I'm sure Dan got permission from DJ's birth mom to share her story in do much detail but it still made me uncomfortable.

Book was engaging and entertaining as always.

Too savage in some ways...

But the issues of open adoptions, inconvenient pregnancies, homosexual adoptive parents, were quite interesting. I'm the mother of four children. Provocative insights on the adoption process, the requirements that heterosexual, fertile couples do not have to submit to. Surrender by Melissa was heart-wrenching. Good read but didn't need the homosexual sex details.

Good listen

Dan Savage has a way with words and tells his story with honesty and humor. I wasn't adopted and don't know anyone who's been adopted and still found this story very interesting and didn't want to stop listening. I think I finished it in a day. I found him through his podcast and plan to listen to his other books as well. Thanks for sharing your story and thoughts.

Wonderful story

I absolutely loved listening to this book with my husband. We finished it in 3 days. I love listening to Dan Savage, thank you for sharing such a wonderful time in your lives.

Very engaging but not excellent

I always love a book narrated by the author, so I appreciated this but Savage's delivery can be a little flat sometimes. He also occasionally includes too much detail (or the editor just didn't care) - I'm not referring to his comments about sex or gay life - that is usually interesting - but sometimes his stories wind around each other before he gets to the point. Nonetheless, my husband and I are preparing to do a domestic open adoption so this book was invaluable.

Honest, great read!

Honest, funny, sad, thought-provoking; this book holds all of it! I’d highly recommend to any parent or parent-to-be for a look inside a gay couple’s adventure, challenges, obstacles - fair and very unfair - involved in open adoption of their son.

Great walk down memory lane

I listened to Dan's books in reverse chronological order, and even though there is something like 15 years between the events in them, they are both filled with memories of places for my stomping grounds. It sounds corny, but I laughed, I cried, and I rolled my eyes... but mostly I smiled at the way things have turned out. :)