| The Mask of Motherhood: How Becoming a Mother Changes Everything and Why We Pretend It Doesn't Contributor(s): Maushart, Susan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0140291784 ISBN-13: 9780140291780 Publisher: Penguin Books OUR PRICE: $22.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2000 Annotation: A sociologist and mother of three explores how motherhood affects marriages and friendships, relationships with parents, sex lives and self-esteem. She affirms that motherhood is the toughest job in the world, but it can also be the most rewarding. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Family & Relationships | Parenting - General - Family & Relationships | Parenting - Motherhood |
| Dewey: 306.874 |
| Physical Information: 0.65" H x 5.16" W x 7.78" (0.52 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Holiday - Mother's Day - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Topical - Family |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Becoming a mother is filled with the extremes of emotion --the highest highs and the lowest lows. But women are often reluctant to talk honestly about the experience for fear they'll be seen as bad mothers. With wit and candor, The Mask of Motherhood takes on the myths and the misinformation, helping women to prepare and deal with the depth of feeling that comes with the experience and perhaps most important, it lets them know that many, if not most, new mothers are feeling the same way.Susan Maushart, sociologist and mother of three, explores how motherhood affects our marriages and friendships, our relationships with parents, our sex lives, and our self-esteem. In The Mask of Motherhood, mothers will find the comfort and reassurance they are looking for, and confirmation that, indeed, motherhood is the toughest job in the world, but can also be the most rewarding. |