Deborah Durbin has researched and written this fascinating account of the real life stories told mostly in their own words, of women's experiences over the past seventy years. Some will make the reader laugh, like when Irene defiantly locked herself in the toilet until her demands were met. Others will make you cry. Deborah shows how attitudes and practices towards childbirth have changed. Mothers who had their children in the 1940s and 50s were expected to have them at home to save on resources, and now we see women ...
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Deborah Durbin has researched and written this fascinating account of the real life stories told mostly in their own words, of women's experiences over the past seventy years. Some will make the reader laugh, like when Irene defiantly locked herself in the toilet until her demands were met. Others will make you cry. Deborah shows how attitudes and practices towards childbirth have changed. Mothers who had their children in the 1940s and 50s were expected to have them at home to save on resources, and now we see women choosing this method.
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