Beyond Motherhood: Choosing Life Without Children
by:
Jeanne Safer (author)
After years of soul-searching, Jeanne Safer made the conscious decision not to have children. In this book, Safer and women across the country share insights that dispel the myth of childless women as emotionally barren or imcomplete, and encourage all women to honestly confront their...
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After years of soul-searching, Jeanne Safer made the conscious decision not to have children. In this book, Safer and women across the country share insights that dispel the myth of childless women as emotionally barren or imcomplete, and encourage all women to honestly confront their needs--whether they choose motherhood or not.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780671793449 (0671793446)
ASIN: 671793446
Publish date: February 1st 1996
Publisher: Gallery Books
Pages no: 208
Edition language: English
i couldn't get past chapter two. the introduction made me very uncomfortable, but i thought i should stick with it. the author's emphasis on psychoanalysis and, particularly, the idea that women who choose to be childfree (and the fact that she refuses to use that term) do so because of a problemati...