Status
Checked out
Genres
Publication
Seven Stories Press (2001), Edition: 1st, 356 pages
Description
This anthology of writings on motherhood turns the spotlight away from the child to the mother herself. Memoirs, testimonials, diaries, essays and fiction describe the powerful changes brought into these writers' lives by pregnancy, childbirth and mothering. Contributors include Doris Lessing, Toni Morrison Sylvia Plath, Margaret Atwood, Ursula Leguin, Grace Paley and Alice Walker. The editor is a photographer for The New York Times.
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
356 p.; 6 inches
ISBN
1583220720 / 9781583220726