Mother Reader: Essential Writings on Motherhood

(Paperback)

Publishing Details

Classifications

Physical Properties

Description

This anthology of writings on motherhood turns the spotlight away from the child to the mother herself. Memoirs, testimonials, diaries, essays and fiction describe the powerful changes brought into these writers' lives by pregnancy, childbirth and mothering. Contributors include Doris Lessing, Toni Morrison Sylvia Plath, Margaret Atwood, Ursula Leguin, Grace Paley and Alice Walker. The editor is a photographer for The New York Times.

Reviews

"Motherhood...the murderous alternation between bitter resentment and raw-edged nerves; and blissful gratification and tenderness." - Adrienne Rich, in Of Woman Born"

Author Bio

Moyra Davey is a photographer whose work has appeared in Harper's, Documents and The New York Times. Her work has also been exhibited widely throughout North America and the rest of the world. She lives in New York.