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02468aam a2200301 i 4500 001 B401D616249311EF93C4C5BD23ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240607010343 008 240606t20232022nyu e 000 0 eng d 020 $a 0316536539 020 $a 9780316536530 035 $a (OCoLC)1393111955 040 $a SSF $b eng $c SSF $d YDX $d BDX $d OCLCQ $d OCLCO $d OCLCA $d OCLCL $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d SILO 084 $a BIOG $b BIL 100 1 $a Bilton, Chrysta, $e author. 245 10 $a Normal family $h [Book] : $b on truth, love, and how I met my 35 siblings / $c Chrysta Bilton. 250 $a First Back Bay paperback edition. 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Back Bay Books / Little, Brown and Company, $c 2023. 300 $a xvi, 271 pages ; $c 21 cm. 365 $a 01 $b 24.00 520 $a "What is a "normal family," and how do you go about making one? Chrysta Bilton's magnetic, larger-than-life mother, Debra, yearned to have a child, but as a single gay woman in 1980s California, she had few options. Until one day, while getting her hair done in a Beverly Hills salon, she met a man and instantly knew he was the one she'd been looking for. Beautiful, athletic, artistic, and from a well-to-do family, Jeffrey Harrison appeared to be Debra's ideal sperm donor. A verbal agreement, a couple of thousand in cash, and a few squirts of a turkey baster later, and Chrysta was conceived. Over the years, Jeffrey would make regular appearances at the family home, which grew to include Chrysta's baby sister. But how much did Debra really know about the man she'd chosen to father her daughters? And as a single mother torn between ferocious independence and abject dependence--on other women, alcohol, drugs, and the adrenaline of get-rich-quick schemes--what secrets of her own was she keeping? It wasn't until Chrysta was a young adult that she discovered just how much her parents had hidden from their daughters--and each other--including a shocking revelation with far-reaching consequences not only for Debra, Chrysta, and her sister, but for dozens and possibly hundreds of unsuspecting families across the country" -- Page 4 of cover. 650 0 $a Donor conceived people $z California $v Biography. 650 0 $a Lesbian mothers $z California $v Biography. 650 0 $a Children of gay parents $z California $v Biography. 941 $a 1 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20240607010621.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=B401D616249311EF93C4C5BD23ECA4DB 994 $a Z0 $b BUPInitiate Another SILO Locator Search