The Mask Of Motherhood - Softcover
'The journey into motherhood is an odyssey of epic proportions, and every woman who undertakes it a hero. Celebrating our role at the very core of humanity means learning to sing every line of that epic freely, the lamentations along with the hymns . . . What lies beneath the brave and brittle face of motherhood is a countenance of infinite
expressiveness, a body of deepest knowing.'
When a woman becomes a mother, her relationships, her professional identity and her sense of self will never be the same again.
The fact is, the presence of children does not simply add to the lives of their parents, it transforms those lives completely.
The precise nature of this transformation remains one of the best kept secrets of contemporary adult life, shrouded in a conspiracy of silence.
For expectant mothers whether that expectation is imminent or distant The Mask of Motherhood provides a backstage look at the realities of contemporary mothering, from pregnancy and childbirth to the juggling act we call 'working motherhood'.
For women on the other side of the Great Divide of parenting, especially those currently involved in mothering young children, this book offers the comfort that comes from learning one is not alone. That the fears, frustrations and confusions of early motherhood are not evidence of personal failure, but of a host of unworkable structures,
extravagant expectations and conflicting demands.
expressiveness, a body of deepest knowing.'
When a woman becomes a mother, her relationships, her professional identity and her sense of self will never be the same again.
The fact is, the presence of children does not simply add to the lives of their parents, it transforms those lives completely.
The precise nature of this transformation remains one of the best kept secrets of contemporary adult life, shrouded in a conspiracy of silence.
For expectant mothers whether that expectation is imminent or distant The Mask of Motherhood provides a backstage look at the realities of contemporary mothering, from pregnancy and childbirth to the juggling act we call 'working motherhood'.
For women on the other side of the Great Divide of parenting, especially those currently involved in mothering young children, this book offers the comfort that comes from learning one is not alone. That the fears, frustrations and confusions of early motherhood are not evidence of personal failure, but of a host of unworkable structures,
extravagant expectations and conflicting demands.
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- PublisherVintage
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 1741665345
- ISBN 13 9781741665345
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages349
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Fair. 350 pages. some wear, tanned pagesTHE MASK OF MOTHER HOOD: How mothering changes everything and why we pretend it does n't by Susan MaushartVintage, Australia, 2006ISBN 9781741665345mid-size pb, 350ppF AIR: some wear, tanned pagesWhen a woman become s a mother, her relationships, her professional identity and her sense of self will never be the same again. The presence of child ren does not simply add to the lives of parents, it transforms th ose lives completely. The precise nature of this transformation r emains once of the best kept secrets of contemporary adult life, shrouded in a conspiracy of silence. For expectant mothers - whet her that expectation is imminent or distant - The Mask of Motherh ood provides a backstage look at the realities of contemporary mo thering, from pregnancy and childbirth to the juggling act we all call 'working motherhood'. Seller Inventory # 1126ar
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