Mothers

This remarkable collection of twenty stories about motherhood by writers who are mothers evokes every stage of the journey, from pregnancy and birth through the childhood years, adolescence, and adulthood. Together they depict the complexity of mothering in America today as woman are actually experience it.

The works gathered here constitute a step toward a new mothers literature that puts to rest the long-held myth that has separated motherhood from a woman's creativity. In these pages women from all walks of life, single, married, divorced or just out of their teens and well into their eighties, rich and poor, black and white, grapple with the realities of motherhood - sacrifice and boundless joy, self-doubt and miracles of the every day. Whether you are a new mother, a seasoned mother, or a grandmother many times over you will find yourself in this book.

Contributors: Mary Grimm, Laurie Colwin, Perri Klass, Kate Braverman, Molly Giles, Mary Gordon, Ronnie Sandroff, Roxana Robinson, Barbara Kingsolver, Marian Thurm, Paula K. Gover, Marsha Lee Berkman, Melissa Pritchard, Jane Shapiro, Julia Whitty, Alice Elliott Dark, J. California Cooper, Sue Miller, Eileen Fitzgerald.

Before / Mary Grimm
Another Marvelous Thing / Laurie Colwin
For Women Everywhere / Perri Klass
Pagan Night / Kate Braverman
Baby Pictures / Molly Giles
Separation / Mary Gordon
The Trouble with Sophie / Perri Klass
You'll Be Crying in a Minute / Ronnie Sandroff
King of the Sky / Roxana Robinson
Quality Time / Barbara Kingsolver
Starlight / Marian Thurm
Chances with Johnson / Paula K. Gover
Deeds of Love and Rage / Marsha Lee Berkman
The Instinct for Bliss / Melissa Pritchard
Poltergeists / Jane Shapiro
The Daguerreotype / Julia Whitty
In the Gloaming / Alice Elliott Dark
Swimming to the Top of the Rain / J. California Cooper
Leaving Home / Sue Miller
Zoo Bus / Eileen FitzGerald