Mommy wars : stay-at-home and career moms face off on their choices, their lives, their families / edited by Leslie Morgan Steiner.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Morgan, Leslie, 1965-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Working mothers.

Mothers.

Housewives.

Physical Description:

xxvi, 336 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Random House, [2006]

Summary:

As an executive at "The Washington Post" and mother of three, Steiner has lived every side of the "mommy wars." Rather than just watch the battles rage, she decided to do something about it. She commissioned 26 outspoken mothers to write about their lives, their families, and the choices that have worked for them. The result is a frank, surprising, and utterly refreshing look at American motherhood.

Contents:

Introduction : our inner catfight / Leslie Morgan Steiner

Neither here nor there / Sandy Hingston

The mother load / Terri Minsky

Sharks and jets / Page Evans

Baby battle / Susan Cheever

Guilty / Dawn Drzal

The Donna Reed syndrome / Lonnae O'Neal Parker

Mother Superior / Catherine Clifford

Good enough / Beth Brophy

Big house, little house, back house, barn / Lois R. Shea

What goes unsaid / Sydney Trent

I hate everybody / Leslie Lehr

Before ; after / Molly Jong-Fast

I do know how she does it / Ann Misiaszek Sarnoff

Red boots and Cole Haans / Monica Buckley Price

Working mother, not guilty / Sara Nelson

Feminism meets the free market / Jane Smiley

Happy / Anne Marie Feld

I never dreamed I'd have so many children / Lila Leff

On being a radical feminist stay-at-home mom / Inda Schaenen

Being there / Reshma Memon Yaqub

Russian dolls / Veronica Chambers

Peace and carrots / Carolyn Hax

Unprotected / Natalie Smith Parra

Julia / Anna Fels

On balance / Jane Juska

My baby's feet are size 13 / Iris Krasnow

Afterword : ending the mommy wars / Leslie Morgan Steiner.

ISBN:

1400064155

9781400064151

OCLC:

61309421

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