The accidental marriage

By Roger B. Thomas

Subjects: Motherhood, Fatherhood, Gay couples, Friendship, fiction, San francisco (calif.), fiction, Fiction, Children's fiction, Friendship

Description: Scott and Megan are friends who live and work in the San Francisco Bay Area. Mostly contented with their jobs and same-sex relationships, they meet for lunch and sympathetic conversation from time to time. When Megan's partner wants a baby, Scott offers to help. The ensuing complications force Scott and Megan to grapple with how much they're willing to sacrifice for friendship and for the child they've conceived. When Megan's situation unravels, Scott mush step up to responsibilities he's never assumed before. Then his circumstances start to crumble, and a series of misfortunes strip them of everything but each other.