Baby Love: Choosing Motherhood After a Lifetime of Ambivalence - Hardcover

Walker, Rebecca

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1594489432 ISBN 13: 9781594489433

Publisher: Riverhead Books, 2007

Synopsis

Baby Love Rebecca Walker is a bestselling memoirist (Black, White, and Jewish) with a compelling voice and view of the world. With Baby Love, her about the decision to have a child after a lifetime of uncertainty, she has written not just a memoir of her own. pregnancy, but a book about motherhood for a new generation.Rebecca Walker is a member of a watershed generation of women, the first to take Roe v. Wa... Full description

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Review:

"A diary of her pregnancy in which she explores modern women's dilemmas about relationships and motherhood." -- 'Sunday Times'

"A striking memoir about her quest to become a mother but within that story is something deeper." -- 'The Voice'

"An exhaustively detailed pregnancy diary... an investigation into why thirtysomething women are afraid of reproducing." -- 'Observer'

"Reflects on her changing relationships with her partner, her mother and her growing baby." -- BBC Radio 4's 'Woman's Hour'

It covers the uncharted waters of first-time pregnancy ... For such a slim, cheerily written volume, it's had a seismic effect." -- 'Irish Times'

About the Author:

Rebecca Walker has received numerous awards and accolades for her writing and activism. Her work has appeared in many anthologies and publications, and her books include the national bestseller Black, White, and Jewish and the feminist anthology To Be Real, which has become a standard text in women's studies courses across the country.

About this edition

• Publisher: Riverhead Books
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1594489432
• ISBN 13: 9781594489433
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 210