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Book Review of Motherhood: The Second Oldest Profession

Motherhood: The Second Oldest Profession
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In this book Erma celebrates Motherhood - the second oldest profession, and the biggest on-the-job training program ever.

She views with warmth, humor, insight, and compassion the variety of roles mothers play, and rescues motherhood from the unreal realm of cliche, myth, and make-believe. Erma tells of the joys and pangs, the fulfillment and the frustration, the poignancy and the pathos of being a mother.