The Mother Knot

The Mother Knot

by JaneLazarre (Author), Maureen Reddy (Introduction)

Synopsis

In this compelling memoir by a writer, mother, and feminist, Jane Lazarre confronts the myth of the good mother with her fiercely honest and intimate portrait of early motherhood as a time of profound ambivalence and upheaval, filled with desperation as well as joy, the struggle to reclaim a sense of self, and sheer physical exhaustion. Originally published in 1976, The Mother Knot is a feminist classic, as relevant today as it was twenty years ago.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 176
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: 01 Sep 1997

ISBN 10: 0822320398
ISBN 13: 9780822320395

Media Reviews
The Mother Knot deserves a permanent place in the stirring body of testimonial literature American feminism has given rise to. -Vivian Gornick
A modern feminist classic, certain to leave its readers changed from the experience of reading seldom spoken truths. -Maureen T. Reddy, from the Introduction to the new edition of The Mother Knot
A wholly original and important book. . . . I cannot imagine a woman who would not be moved, or a man who would not be enlightened. -Adrienne Rich
Author Bio

Jane Lazarre is on the Faculty of Eugene Lang College at the New School for Social Research. She is the author of numerous works of fiction and non-fiction, including Beyond the Whiteness of Whiteness and Wet Earth and Dreams, both published by Duke University Press.