In Our Mothers' House

In Our Mothers' House by Patricia Polacco is a story about two children who live with their lesbian mothers. They are both adopted and the child who narrates the story sees nothing wrong with having two mothers. The conflict in the story is a neighbor who will not allow her children to associate with the family. I like books that challenge children's thinking. I both like and dislike this book for the same reason. The story is very nonchalant. Everything, except for this one neighbor is perfect, the children don't think twice about how their mother's are not like traditional parents which is a great thing, but also I don't think it is very realistic. I would image that the child would have more conflict than this book lets on. Despite that, I like that the gay mother's stress respect and caring to everyone in society and don't concentrate on gay people specifically, but society as a whole. Overall, I liked this book.