And now we have everything : on motherhood before I was ready
O'Connell, Meaghan2018
Book
O'Connell is a smart twentysomething who treats her pregnancy like a new project, researching and planning. She envisions a natural birth and a year of wholesome breast feeding. But things do not go as she expects. Life throws curveballs, and after 40 hours of contractions, she opts for a C-section. She manages to nurse for a year but resents her baby's control over her body. This is not a book about the wonders of motherhood but about the tension between culturally inherited ideals and the realities of lived, bodily experience.
Main title:
And now we have everything : on motherhood before I was ready / Meaghan O'Connell.
Author:
O'Connell, Meaghan, author
Edition:
First edition.
Imprint:
New York : Little Brown and Company, 2018.©2018.
Collation:
v, 230 pages ; 22 cm
Contents:
Baby fever -- Holding patterns (1 to 41.5) -- A birth story -- Sleepless nights -- A certain kind of mammal -- Slacker parent -- Maternal instincts -- Dry spell -- Extra room (1 to 26).
ISBN:
9780316393843 (hardback)
Dewey class:
306.87432306.874
Language:
English
Added title:
Subject:
O'Connell, MeaghanMothers -- United States -- BiographySingle mothers -- United States -- BiographyMotherhood -- AnecdotesUnplanned pregnancy -- AnecdotesFirst pregnancy -- AnecdotesPregnancyParenthoodUnwanted pregnancy -- Decision makingUnwanted pregnancy -- Psychological aspectsFirst pregnancy -- Psychological aspectsAutobiographies
BRN:
507379
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Library at the Dock | -Biography | BIOG 306.874 OCON | Available |