I Changing Sexualities and Parental Functions in the Twenty-First Century i , edited by Cândida Sé Holovko and Frances Thomson-Salo, undertakes to introduce North American analysts to the work of a diverse group of Latin American thinkers and clinicians, all working in the interrelated arenas of gender, sexuality, and parenthood. Especially in the areas of gender and sexuality, where much has been written in recent years, the new ideas and approaches described may lead to a strengthening and refinement of both theory and clinical practice. While the book concludes with a somewhat essentialist falling-back on the notion of the mother, the essays in the book more readily lend themselves to the idea of a "good parent's body", regardless of gender identification. [Extracted from the article]