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Mothers Who Think [Paperback]

Camille Peri (Author), Kate Moses (Author), Anne Lamott (Author)
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Release Date: April 1 2000
From the editors of Salon.com's cutting edge Web site, "Mothers Who Think," comes "an anthology of smart and lovely essays" (Chicago Sun Times) -- provacative collection that challenges and changes our views of motherhood today.

Anne Lamott, Jayne Anne Phillips, Sallie Tisdale, Susan Straight, Jane Lazarre, Nora Okja Keller, Beth Kephart, Ariel Gore, Alex Witchel, and many other contemporary writers elevate the discussion of motherhood above the level of tantrum control and potty training. Irreverent, wistful, hilarious, fierce, and tender, these essays offer an unsparing look at the myths and realities, the serious and silly sides, the thankless and supremely satisfying aspects of being a mom -- and are a testament to the notion that motherhood gives women more to think about, not less.

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This book should come as manna to moms: a multitude of small, wry voices reminding them they're not alone. Mothers Who Think is a collection of pieces from the Salon magazine column of the same name. The column (and the book) has no fixed perspective, no set goal, no political agenda--just a bunch of women writers mouthing off about changing diapers. Okay, more than just diapers. There's Rahna Reiko Rizzuto on her gruesome labor ("the mucus plug ... fell out of my underwear and onto my husband's shoe"); hipMama editor Ariel Gore on family court ("I learned that two professionals on a case are usually worse than none. That three can be dangerous"); Susan Straight on being a single mom and taking care of everything yourself ("I just wish I didn't look so bad doing it"); and Elizabeth Rapoport on being a married mom and taking care of everything yourself ("I must confess I'm a little jaded by these sociological pissing contests. Just wake me when the dads are doing 50 percent. Period"). A couple of dozen others chime in as well, notably novelist Anne Lamott, New York Times reporter Alex Witchel, and sexpert Susie Bright.

Editors Camille Peri and Kate Moses have created a chorus with range: this is not a stream of white, privileged voices interrupted only occasionally by news from the underclass, news from women of color, or news from sexual minorities. If anything, the book is too focused on a wide variety of very personal stories--one often wishes for the gesture of expansion, the linking of the personal to the cultural. Still, that's a small gripe to have with a book that takes us into the brainier, funnier kitchens of motherhood all over America. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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Exploring dimensions of motherhood that are far more provocative than discussions of weaning and potty training, these 40 essays strive to offer "an articulate, heartfelt, and sometimes mystified acknowledgment that being a mother is a lifelong lesson in embracing contradiction," according to editors Peri and Moss. Featuring original pieces as well as some that previously appeared in the column by the same name in the online magazine Salon, the collection includes a remarkably wide variety of contributors, from biological to adoptive and lesbian moms and beyond. Anne Lamott dares to reveal that she sometimes takes out her frustations with motherhood on her son because she can, and because he will still love her. Beth Kephart finds inspiration in her disabled son's insistence on playing soccer and struggles to allow him to do it on his own. Susan Straight shares the frayed edges of her life as a single mother of three, while Celeste Fremon finds that former gang members make suitable male role models for her fatherless son. Karen Grigsby Bates combats her son's isolation in a mostly white school by enrolling him in a black social organization. Kim Van Meter recounts the long weekend when she and her partner chose not to adopt a troubled girl. While the essays are not all of the same caliber, even the most ordinary of them will resonate with the thinking mom. Agent, Ellen Levine. Author tour.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Must Read Nov 21 2003
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Format:Paperback
This book is one that I give to any pregnant women that I know. I read the hardcover edition of this book in one sitting and felt like someone was articulating truths of motherhood. This book offers articles previously published on Salon in the MWT category. However, the site changed the name and focus of the articles.

Buy this book and suggest it to expecting mamas.

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5.0 out of 5 stars I'm hard put to think of a better book for any mother Nov 19 2003
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Format:Hardcover
This anthology is simply exquisite. The array of gifted authors each offer a gem of a story; I found the variety of mothers and their POVs fascinating and oh so informative and comforting. The myth of the perfect mother is dead, which happily resurrects the truth- which is that women are the gates of the soul and the gates of the body. I can also recommend Operating Instructions by Anne Lamott and The Zygote Chronicles by Suzanne Finnamore and Love Works Like This by Lauren Slater -- all intelligent and witty works, for mothers who think.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Some interesting perspectives July 18 2002
By Babaylan
Format:Paperback
I enjoyed many of the essays in this anthology, but then again, I love the Salon column anyway. As a mommy-to-be, the book emphasized the point that motherhood is something you learn by doing, and I liked hearing the experiences of other mothers - their trials and successes and the lessons learned.
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5.0 out of 5 stars excellent anthology
This is a very well written collection of writings about parenthood. I do not have children (yet) but the authors sounded like people I'd really enjoy hanging out with. Read more
Published on Feb 25 2002 by "anna5373"
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Published on Jan 10 2002 by "lngodfrey"
5.0 out of 5 stars I laughed; I cried
This was a great book! It has a variety of essays, focussing on the theme of motherhood. I was very moved by some of them (Beth Kephart's essay about her son's efforts to play... Read more
Published on July 2 2001 by ARG
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It was refreshing to read about motherhood from this book's collective perspective, but after a while it became tedious. Read more
Published on Feb 14 2001 by athente
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Published on Feb 9 2001
2.0 out of 5 stars Such an offensive phrase
It suggests that there are mothers who don't.
Published on Jan 20 2001 by Karen
5.0 out of 5 stars If you have kids, you should read it!!
I bought this book to hear a variety of voices on the topic of motherhood. With a fussy, incredibly needy baby of my own, the idea of reading sugar coated tales of motherhood... Read more
Published on Dec 16 2000 by "sassysedwa"
5.0 out of 5 stars Strand me on island with this book, please!
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Published on May 11 2000 by Chris Mohney
1.0 out of 5 stars Orwell's "Groupthink" is more like it.
I cam across this book by accident, when my wife brought it home after getting it from a (male) colleague. Read more
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