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-- Gloria Feldt, president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America
"This is an important, fascinating, and brave book. Women have been told how they must have children to be happy. Now here comes a book that shows how happy women can be without children. All of the women profiled are innovators, thinkers, risktakers who have listened hard to hear their own voice through the cultural din and not followed convention for convention's sake. Each tells us that there are many ways to make the journey of life worthwhile."
-- Pepper Schwartz, author of Love Between Equals: How Peer Marriage Really Works
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For the 20 percent of U.S. women who are currently childless by choice or by chance, Pride and Joy offers validation and community. For the millions of women deciding whether to have children, it provides inspiration. For parents, siblings, and friends of women who have chosen or may choose not to have children, it offers insight.
WHEN I WAS GROWING UP, MY IMAGE FOR my life resembled the roles that Katharine Hepburn played-women of high independence who lived life for themselves, not through other people. Read the first page
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2.0 out of 5 stars
I'm not saving the world. I just don't want kids.,
By Lori A. Jacobs (York, PA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Pride And Joy: The Lives And Passions Of Women Without Children (Paperback)
While I enjoyed reading some of the stories of these women who have chosen to live a childfree life, I came away from the book feeling a little worse about my decision not to have children. I sort of felt that if I don't have two Master's degrees, a Ph.d., if I'm not volunteering for every charity (especially children's charities)under the sun, if I haven't traveled the globe, and in short, made some effort at saving the world, then I've wasted my life, and I should be having children. Obviously women do need to justify not having children. It seems like these women feel the need to justify their choice by telling what wonderful things they've done for humanity. It seems as though they feel the need to convince the public that they have done their "duty" by contributing in other ways.Yeah, I have one Master's degree, I like to travel, and I do a little volunteering, but mainly I simply want the freedom to come and go as I please. I want to be able to go out for a nice, relaxing dinner on a Friday night after a long week of work -- dinner, a beer, and some light adult conversation -- a luxury enjoyed only on precious rare occasions by those with children. I'm not saving the world, I just want to be able to enjoy it on my own terms without the responsibility of raising a child.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Just the book I needed!,
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This review is from: Pride And Joy: The Lives And Passions Of Women Without Children (Paperback)
I am 34 years old, and have been happily married to a wonderful man for the past year and a half. My husband and I have not yet made our final decision as to whether or not to have kids...but we are certainly leaning in the direction of perhaps choosing not to raise a family of our own. This book came to me at the perfect time, and has been a wonderful resource for me as I work through the very important decision of whether or not to become a parent. Like many of the women in this book, I am blessed to have a lot of great kids in my life...my friends children, plus 14 nieces and nephews that I "inherited" when I got married. I enjoy my time with them, yet do not feel any strong pull to go through pregnancy, childbirth, and the lifetime commitment it takes to parent a child to adulthood. It was a joy and a relief to read that I'm not weird, strange or missing some sort of "womanly gene" because I don't want to have a baby. Thankfully, my husband and I are on thesame page right now. We both enjoy our freedom and our time together, and feel that we can still be important and loving influences in the lives of kids around us without necessarily being parents ourselves. This book is a wonderful testament to the fact that women can have truly fulfilling lives without having a child of their own. I would highly recommend it to any woman who is weighing the option of motherhood!
5.0 out of 5 stars
A connection was felt,
By Kasey Hamner (CA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Pride And Joy: The Lives And Passions Of Women Without Children (Paperback)
A very thought-provoking book examining women who are childless-by-choice. As someone who has always known that I will not be having children, this book offered insight and support for a decision that is often met with discrimination.Kasey Hamner, author of "Whose Child?: An Adoptee's Healing Journey from Relinquishment through Reunion and Beyond."
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