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Title: Mother Reader: Essential Writings on Motherhood by Moyra Davey ISBN: 1-58322-072-0 Publisher: Seven Stories Press Pub. Date: 10 May, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (4 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: wonderful, yet depressing
Comment: This was the first book I ever purchased on-line as I was quite desperate to read something about motherhood that had some intellectual depth to it. I was not disappointed. The excerpts by Adrienne Rich and Anne Ernaux were especially revealing and mirrored many of my own feelings.
However, I was struck by the recurring theme that motherhood is an essentially depressing experience which renders a woman frustrated, over-burdened, and resentful. There was very little joy in this work and after reading it, I experienced a temporary drop in my own enjoyment of motherhood. Many of these women writers struck me as being pathologically selfish and unable to realize the temporariness of the whole experience; children are little for such a short time. And that any of these women were able to keep up with their writing while raising little ones leads me to conclude that a great deal of their energies were diverted away from their offspring. As an artist myself, I honestly cannot imagine how they do it.
If you're looking to be cheered up, this may not be the book for you. But if you're interested in viewing the darker psychological effects that motherhood presents creative women, I would highly recommend it. It is beautifully and passionately written.
Rating: 4
Summary: Good for morale
Comment: I read this during my first month of motherhood. Some of the essays really spoke to me and what I was feeling. Others - well, you can skip them (I did). This is a unique book offering a shoulder to cry on when you really need it!
Rating: 5
Summary: YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND-RX FOR ANXIOUS MOMS
Comment: This book is an absolute gem with excerpts from many ( not some but MANY) of the best writings on maternal emotions ever to see print. Most of the pieces contained here meet the exacting twin standard of being both compellingly written, and unflinchingly honest and real. Moyra Davey has created the ultimate collection, making MOTHER READER my #1 gift for new mothers, especially if they appear to be in any of the following mental states: overwhelmed; exhausted; insecure;ambivilent
If you know a new mother who doesn't meet these criteria, well, - perhaps she won't need this book, but for the rest of us, MOTHER READER demonstrates how great literature can also be great medicine, bringing catharsis, healing, revelation, and comfort., enfolding us, assuring us we are not alone.
PS I don't mean to say that you have to be a mother to treasure this collection. For example, I know of no better model for memoir writing.
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Title: Child of Mine: Original Essays on Becoming a Mother by Christina Baker Kline ISBN: 0385333021 Publisher: Bantam Books Pub. Date: 10 November, 1998 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: The Big Rumpus: A Mother's Tale from the Trenches by Ayun Halliday ISBN: 1580050719 Publisher: Seal Press Pub. Date: May, 2002 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Breeder: Real-Life Stories from the New Generation of Mothers by Ariel Gore, Bee Lavender, Dan Savage, Jonny Thief, Arial Gore ISBN: 1580050514 Publisher: Seal Press Pub. Date: 01 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: The Mother Trip: Hip Mama's Guide to Staying Sane in the Chaos of Motherhood by Ariel Gore, Ellen Forney ISBN: 1580050298 Publisher: Seal Press Pub. Date: May, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Mother Shock: Loving Every (Other) Minute of It by Andrea J. Buchanan ISBN: 1580050824 Publisher: Seal Press Pub. Date: April, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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