![]() All the while, they work together to find ways to adapt their own behaviors to be more sensitive to Lester’s fears. Like many new parents, Daddy Albert and Daddy Rich are overwhelmed as they figure out how to navigate Lester’s fears while maintaining structure within the family and massaging their own worries about how being a same sex couple affects Lester’s opinion of them. While Williams and Raschka make a point to center Home at Last around Lester’s experience as an adopted child, they are also careful to highlight both the strength and struggles of same sex parenthood. Although Lester is excited to join his new family and their dog from the start of the story, after arriving at home, he struggles to sleep at night due to fears of abandonment while sleeping alone for the first time. ![]() Home at Last shares the story of a small child, Lester, struggling to adjust during his transition from foster care into a new home with his two adopted fathers. ![]()
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