Scribe UK and Scribe Australia are delighted to announce the acquisition of We Are Family by Cambridge professor Susan Golombok, whose pioneering research on new family forms has informed legislation on issues such as same-sex marriage, surrogacy, IVF, and donor conception worldwide.
In We Are Family, Susan visits gay fathers, single mothers, co-parenting friends, trans parents, surrogates, and donors, and, more importantly, their children, to find out if they are as well-adjusted, happy, and emotionally stable as children from traditional nuclear families. And she discovers that the answer is yes — and sometimes even more so.
Susan’s work at the Centre for Family Research at Cambridge proves incontrovertibly that any family set-up can provide a loving, safe home for a child — although, inevitably, the children from these families will often face prejudiced attitudes from others. Since the 1970s, when she was first drawn to this area of research after reading about lesbian mothers whose children were being removed from their care, Susan has worked tirelessly to challenge outdated attitudes and prevent families being split up for no good reason. This book tells the stories of those families — their struggles and their triumphs — while making a wider point about love and family, in all its wonderful variations.
Rights were acquired by Scribe UK’s Molly Slight. She said: ‘We Are Family will provide a refreshing antidote to the bigoted viewpoint still held by many that cisgender, straight, married couples make the best parents. This is a subject really close to my heart, and I was amazed that nobody has written a non-academic book about it before. Susan is the kind of author I love working with — she is clearly the foremost expert in this field; her message is important, timely, and deeply human; and she is a warm, compassionate woman. For me, the best science books are those that blend cutting-edge research with compelling personal stories, and We Are Family has both in spades. I am honoured to publish it.’
Slight acquired UK & Commonwealth rights from Carrie Plitt at Felicity Bryan Associates. Scribe will publish in both the UK and Australia in autumn 2020.
Enquiries about Scribe's publication should be directed to molly@scribepub.co.uk.
Enquiries about US and translation rights should be directed to carrie@felicitybryan.com.