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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/810120609 Title: No kidding : women writers on bypassing parenthood Author: Henriette Mantel Publisher: Berkeley, Calif. : Seal Press, ©2013. ISBN/ISSN: 9781580054430 1580054439 OCLC:810120609

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No kidding : women writers on bypassing parenthood

Author:	Henriette Mantel
Publisher:	Berkeley, Calif. : Seal Press, ©2013.
Edition/Format:	Print book : EnglishView all editions and formats
Database:	WorldCat
Summary:	In a collection of essays, women writers and personalities, including Margaret Cho, Laurie Graff, and Wendy Liebman, reveal why they opted out of motherhood.
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Subjects	Childlessness. Parenthood. Families. View all subjects
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Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	Henriette Mantel Find more information about:
ISBN:	9781580054430 1580054439
OCLC Number:	810120609
Description:	xiv, 233 pages ; 21 cm
Contents:	The morning dance -- I wouldn't know where to begin -- What to expect when you're never expecting -- All of it -- The greatest thing I never did -- On not choosing children -- In-fertile ground -- No free babysitter -- First comes love -- Aha, ha ha -- Without issue -- Call me peculiar-you won't be the first -- My mother's final wishes -- Cheese -- Mother to no one -- Motherhood adoption ambivalence -- The flying none -- Not's landing -- Sitting on the fence -- You'll never babysit in this town(again) -- Why I didn't have any children this summer -- Motherhood once removed -- Baby doubt -- Mommy boo-boo -- Buddha and me -- Not pregnant at the ob-gyn -- Alice in Brazil -- Why I am "barren" -- Bearing it -- Who shall bear witness? -- The plus of child-less -- Why I never had a kid -- Tiny chocolate cakes -- I kid you not -- Björn again -- The pathology of motherhood -- What's it all about, Dudley?
Responsibility:	foreword by Jennifer Coolidge ; edited by Henriette Mantel.

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In a collection of essays, women writers and personalities, including Margaret Cho, Laurie Graff, and Wendy Liebman, reveal why they opted out of motherhood.

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""No Kidding" is funny. I laughed out loud, but I knew with Henriette, there'd be more to it than just laughs. Choosing not to have children is unfathomable to me, making this book all the more Read more...

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