Mothering Without A CompassA lively meditation on creating a multiracial family. In 1997, Becky Thompson began parenting nine year old Adrian at the request of his mother, and her life changed forever. Mothering without a Compass is the moving story of her first year as the white lesbian "sudden mother" of an African American boy. From the everyday yet sometimes overwhelming tasks of finding Adrian a school and debating the significance of action figures, to unexpected