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Peggy Orenstein
Peggy Orenstein is the author of the New York Times bestseller Waiting for Daisy: A Tale of Two Continents, Three Religions, Five Infertility Doctors, an Oscar, an Atomic Bomb, a Romantic Night, and One Woman's Quest to Become a Mother and Schoolgirls: Young Women, Self-Esteem, and the Confidence... show more

Peggy Orenstein is the author of the New York Times bestseller Waiting for Daisy: A Tale of Two Continents, Three Religions, Five Infertility Doctors, an Oscar, an Atomic Bomb, a Romantic Night, and One Woman's Quest to Become a Mother and Schoolgirls: Young Women, Self-Esteem, and the Confidence Gap. A contributing writer to the New York Times Magazine, she has been published in, among others, USA Today; Vogue; Parenting; O, The Oprah Magazine; Salon; and The New Yorker. Orenstein lives in Northern California with her husband and their daughter, Daisy.
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A Reading Vocation
A Reading Vocation rated it 9 years ago
Around the Year Reading Challenge Item #13: Reader's ChoiceThis book held my interest all the way through, but I'm having trouble coming up with something coherent to say about it.Like the best memoirs, Orenstein is not afraid to sacrifice her pride for the sake of emotional honesty, and she writes ...
Musings of a Book Addict
Musings of a Book Addict rated it 15 years ago
A friend lent me this book. She warned me that the content was rough, but that the author had a great sense of humor about her journey on the infertility road, and she thought I might resonate with her writing style. I have extremely mixed feelings about this book. On the one hand, it's wonderful to...
Melody Murray's Books
Melody Murray's Books rated it 17 years ago
In some ways, this book was difficult to read as it conjured up my own journey through infertility, miscarriage and related medical horrors. Orenstein had plenty of cash to throw at her problems, which made her quest last that much longer. Harrowing true story written with as much objectivity as one...
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