American Mom: Motherhood, Politics, and Humble Pie
- ISBN-10
- 067153520X
- ISBN-13
- 9780671535209
- Category
- Divorced mothers
- Pages
- 308
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1995-11
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Author
- Mary Kay Blakely
Description
Married in the '70s, Blakely expected to be the kind of mother society could admire. But, caught up in the women's movement--and an increasingly chaotic world--she soon lost her innocence about expert wisdom and began to break the rules. With humor and insight, this acclaimed journalist explodes the myths of motherhood today.
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