The intersection of motherhood and creative life is explored in these writings on mothering that turn the spotlight from the child to the mother herself. Here, in memoirs, testimonials, diaries, essays, and fiction, mothers describe first-hand the changes brought to their lives by pregnancy, childbirth, and mothering.
Many of the writers articulate difficult and socially unsanctioned maternal anger and ambivalence. In Mother Reader, motherhood is scrutinized for all its painful and illuminating subtleties, and addressed with unconventional wisdom and candor. What emerges is a sense of a community of writers speaking to and about each other out of a common experience, and a compilation of extraordinary literature never before assembled in a single volume.
- ISBN10 1609801024
- ISBN13 9781609801021
- Publish Date 1 July 2010 (first published 1 May 2001)
- Publish Status Unknown
- Out of Print 23 April 2014
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Seven Stories Press
- Format eBook
- Pages 356
- Language English