A blend of memoir and history which investigates women's role as mother. Drawing on anthropolgy, medecine, psychology, literature and her own experience, the author explores the contradictory pleasures and pains of motherhood. The author also wrote "On Lies, Secrets and Silence: Selected Prose 1966-78" and "Blood, Bread and Poetry: Selected Prose 1979-85".
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A blend of memoir and history which investigates women's role as mother. Drawing on anthropolgy, medecine, psychology, literature and her own experience, the author explores the contradictory pleasures and pains of motherhood. The author also wrote "On Lies, Secrets and Silence: Selected Prose 1966-78" and "Blood, Bread and Poetry: Selected Prose 1979-85".
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