Full name: Nobody's Mother: Life Without Kids

Author: Lynne Van Luven Year: 2006 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Non Fiction, Feminism Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9781894898409 1894898400

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 means to them as individuals and as members of their ethnic communities or social groups. Finalist for the Bill Duthie Booksellers' Choice Award, 2007 BC Book Prizes Similar books: Three Women by Lisa Taddeo Cunt by Inga Muscio The Purity Myth by Jessica Valenti Girl Boner by August McLaughlin The Bitch in the House by Cathi Hanauer The Story of Jane Doe by Jane Doe Necessary Dreams by Anna Fels Ecofeminism by Maria Mies Talking Back by Bell Hooks Ascent of Women by Sally Armstrong Promises I Can Keep by Kathryn Edin Teaching Community by Bell Hooks Teaching Critical Thinking by Bell Hooks Read My Lips by Debby Herbenick Taking On the Big Boys by Ellen Bravo He's a Stud, She's a Slut, and 49 Other Double Standards Every Woman Should Know by Jessica Valenti Slut! by Leora Tanenbaum Man Made Language by Dale Spender I Am Not a Slut by Leora Tanenbaum Flat Broke with Children by Sharon Hays