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Juliet Eilperin
Edited by Canadian writer Lynne Van Luven, Nobody's Mother offers a contemplative and frank look at what it means never to bear children. At times painful, occasionally humorous, the book challenges society's traditional assumptions about the role of women as childbearers. The collection occasionally has the cozy, superior air of a feminist collective, where women from an array of ethnic backgrounds and sectors of society speak proudly of how they've spent their day challenging the status quo. Most of the time, though, the book reads like an intimate conversation among friends, in which someone close to you has decided to explain the choices she's made in life.— The Washington Post
Overview
Statistics say that one in 10 women has no intention of taking the plunge into motherhood. Nobody's Mother is a collection of stories by women who have already made this choice. From introspective to humorous to rabble-rousing, these are personal stories that are well and honestly told. The writers range in age from early 30s to mid-70s and come from diverse backgrounds. All have thought long and hard about the role of motherhood, their own destinies, what mothering means in our society and what their choice ...