May 2010 Mothers' Rights and Mothers in Fiction

May 2010 - Mothers in Fiction (and non-fiction re motherhood)

How realistic is the portrayal of the mother in fiction? In the media? Did you find anything here that you relate to?

Recommended Non-Fiction re Mother's Rights, including anthologies and 'Momoir':
(Australian titles marked with an *)

The Mommy Myth: The Idealization of Motherhood and How It Has Undermined Women - Susan Douglas J. and Meredith W. Michaels

The Mother of All Myths: How Society Moulds and Constrains Mothers - Aminatta Forna

The Mask of Motherhood: How Mothering Changes Everything and Why We Pretend It Doesn't - Susan Maushart*

Mother Reader: Essential Writings on Motherhood - Moyra Davey (ed)

Misconceptions: Truth, Lies and the Unexpected on the Journey to Motherhood - Naomi Wolf

The Maternal is Political: Women Writers at the Intersection of Motherhood and Social Change - Shari MacDonald Strong (ed)

The Price of Motherhood: Why the Most Important Job in the World is Still the Least Valued - Ann Crittenden

Maternal Theory: Essential Readings - Andrea O'Reilly (ed)

Perfect Madness: Motherhood in the Age of Anxiety - Judith Warner

Toxic Childhood: How the Modern World is Damaging Our Children and What We Can Do About It - Sue Palmer

Taking Parenting Public: The Case for a New Social Movement - Sylvia Ann Hewlett, Nancy Ranking, Cornel West (eds)

A Potent Spell - Janna Malamud Smith

The Myths of Motherhood: How Culture Reinvents the Good Mother - Shari L. Thurer

The Politics of Motherhood: Activist Voices from Left to Right - Alexis Jetter, Annelise Orleck, Diana Taylor (eds)

The Great Feminist Denial - Monica Dux, Zora Simic*

The Divided Heart: Art and Motherhood - Rachel Power*

Motherhood: How Should We Care For Our Children? - Anne Manne*

Mother Shock: Loving Every (Other) Minute of It - Andrea J. Buchanan

Of Woman Born: Motherhood as Experience and Institution - Adrienne Rich

A Better Woman - Susan Johnson*

Mommies Who Drink: Sex, Drugs and Other Distant Memories: True Tales of Modern Motherhood - Brett Paesel

The Big Rumpus - Ayun Halliday

The Esential Hip Mama - Ariel Gore (ed)

Mother Journeys: Feminists Write About Mothering - Reddy, Roth & Sheldon (eds)

Naked Motherhood: Shattering Illusions and Sharing turths - Wendy LeBlanc*

See also MOTHERS Book Bag (online) for Recommendations



Mothers in Fiction:

Nursery Crimes: A Mommy Track Mystery - Ayelet Waldman

I Don't Know How She Does It - Alison Pearson

We Need to Talk About Kevin - Lionel Schriver

Revolutionary Road - Richard Yates

The Hours - Michael Cunningham

Dying for Cake - Louise Limerick*

The Love Child - Fran Cusworth*

Safety - Tegan Bennet Daylight*

Arlington Park - Rachel Cusk

Little Children - Tom Perrotta

I own most of these books - OK, I have all of them. If you are local, feel free to ask to borrow from me.