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Without Child: Challenging the Stigma of Childlessness
Without Child Challenging the Stigma of Childlessness
Author: Laurie Lisle
In a society in which most women grow up thinking they will become mothers-and in which many women go to great lengths to make that desire a reality -- not having a child is often met with incredulity and scorn. But as the author of this thoughtful and meticulously researched examination of childlessness points out, childless women are part of a...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780415924931
ISBN-10: 0415924936
Publication Date: 10/1999
Pages: 273
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Publisher: Routledge
Book Type: Paperback
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I am about half way through this book and it is a fascinating read. The writer is very personable and adds her own experience in a very relevant way. This is not really a book about "should I be a parent or shouldn't I". It is more about the social and political climate that led to it being a choice for women born in the 1940's- current.

It explains a lot of things my mother told me about parenting and why she had children despite her desire to remain childless.
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